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Bolivia: Transport firms in Chuquisaca in Bolivia are reported to be ‘in state of emergency’ after they decided to stop carrying cement on behalf of local producer Fancesa. The cement producer recently decided to lower the fare it pays for trips from its plant to Santa Cruz to US$1.88/bag (50kg) from US$2.18/bag, a fall of 13.7%.

Bolivia: Emisa has reported that it will stop cement production at its plant in Oruro to concentrate on cement distribution instead. Its existing mills were built in 1946 and their technology is now outdated. Local workers were offered either jobs in other plants, voluntary retirement or a redundancy package.

Bolivia: Empresa Publica Productiva Cementos de Bolivia’s (ECEBOL) new plant at Caracollo in Oruro is planning to enter the testing phase in late August 2018. The new 1.3Mt/yr plant is scheduled to start commercial operation in early 2019, according to the La Razón newspaper. The cement producer is also building a new plant at Potosí but this unit is not expected to open until 2020. Once both plants are operational the company expects to meet up to 30% of the country’s demand for cement.

Bolivia: Soboce (Sociedad Boliviana de Cemento) has inaugurated a new vertical grinding mill at its Viache integrated plant. Together with its other integrated plants at Oruro and Tarija and a grinding plant at Santa Cruz the company now has a cement production capacity of 2.9Mt/yr, according to the Diario Pagina Siete newspaper. The upgrade cost US$85m. Soboce ordered an OK 36-4 vertical roller mill from Denmark’s FLSmidth for the project. To coincide with the new mill the company will also launch ‘Viacha LP12 Insuperable,’ a new cement product.

Bolivia: Empresa Publica Productiva Cementos de Bolivia’s (ECEBOL) new 1.3Mt/yr plant at Caracollo in Oruro is scheduled to start operations in the first half of 2019. A consortium of Sacyr, Imasa and Polysius are working on the US$244m project, according to the La Patria newspaper. A US$2m electrical sub-station is also being built to support the plant.

Bolivia: Fábrica Nacional de Cemento (Fancesa) has increased its monthly sales target following local strikes in Chuquisaca. The company estimates that it lost US$6.95m in sales during the unrest, according to the Correo del Sur newspaper. It doesn’t intend to cut the cost of cement in Santa Cruz but it will give away a limited amount of free cement bags. Fancesa also plans to start selling bulk cement through concrete firms in the city.

Bolivia: Residents near the Potosí cement plant being built by Empresa Publica Productiva Cementos de Bolivia (ECEBOL) are querying the project. They say that they never signed the paperwork to transfer land to accommodate the facility, according to the El Potosí newspaper. However, they say they are not opposing the project. They merely want preferential treatment such as compensation for old people that will be affected by the project and agreements for transport and jobs for local people.

Bolivia/Paraguay: Bolivia’s Fábrica Nacional de Cemento (Fancesa) is planning to build a new cement grinding plant and terminal near the border with Paraguay. The project is budgeted at US$16m and it may be built as a joint venture, according to the Correo del Sur newspaper. The cement producer is also about to deliver its first consignment to Paraguay.

Bolivia: Itacamba plans exports of 119,000t of cement to Paraguay and Argentina in 2018. It will send over 60,000t to Argentina alone. It will also begin exports to Paraguay. Itacamba exported 4000t to Argentina and 158,000t of clinker to Paraguay in 2017.

Bolivia: Empresa Publica Productiva Cementos de Bolivia’s (Ecebol) new plant at Caracollo in Oruro is set to open by the end of 2018. Government minister Eugenio Rojas said that the 1.3Mt/yr plant would start testing in September 2018, according to La Jornada newspaper. The project had a budget of US$244m.