Work on the 0.87Mta Yacuses cement plant, owned by Itacamba Cemento, in the Germán Busch province of Bolivia, 590km from Santa Cruz, has been completed by 70 per cent, according to the latest reports in the local press.

First clinker is expected to be produced in November, with first cement leaving the production line in December.

Equipment for the US$220m works was delivered by China-based Tianjin Cement Industry Design & Research Institute.