Cementos Pacasmayo has invested US$190m in its new Piura plant, Peru, and civil works have been almost completed.

“The new plant is a project that we have started more than two-and-a-half years ago. The works, which is built with latest-generation German technology, has a production capacity of 1.6Mta of cement and 1Mta of clinker,” said Humberto Nadal, CEO of Cementos Pacasmayo. The plant aims to be “the first plant in the country with zero emissions”, he added.

The company currently has two works, in La Libertad and San Martín. The company’s third works is expected to enter operation in July 2015 and serve the north of Peru.