Ecebol's Oruro cement plant produces first cement

On 15 April 2019, Empresa Publica Productiva Cementos de Bolivia's (Ecebol) Oruro cement plant produced its first cement, according to schedule. In the following weeks the plant will carry out the performance tests and it is estimated is that by the end of May the Final Acceptance Certificate will be received.
 
The consortium ThyssenKrupp Polysius-Imasa Ingeniería y Proyectos-Sacyr Industrial have engineered, supplied and erected the 3000tpd plant at 4.040m above sea level. Some 4.6m working hours have been spent on the construction of the plant, with no fatalities.