ECEBOL sells BOB35m since start-up

Bolivia’s  new ECEBOL unit has sold BOB35m (US$5m) of cement since its recent start-up. The company produces IP-40 cement and since August has launched the product in Santa Cruz, Cochabamba, La Paz and Oruro.

The plant currently operates at 60 per cent of its cement capacity, which is expected to be ramped up to 100 per cent next year.

“At the moment we have sold cement to a value to BOB35m, and we run at a capacity of 50-60 per cent,” according to Patricia Ballivián, general manager of SEDEM, the service for the development of public productive enterprises.