Cement industry in Bolivia

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The Cement Industry in Bolivia refers to the production, sale and consumption of cement in the country since according to the latest official data from the National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia, the country had a production of around 3.8 million metric tons of cement during the year 2022. In Bolivia there are five large Bolivian companies that produce cement, which are: SOBOCE, FANCESA, COBOCE, ITACAMBA, and ECEBOL.[1][2]

History

The first cement factory in Bolivia was the Bolivian Cement Society S.A. (SOBOCE) located in the Department of La Paz which was founded on September 24, 1925, and after three years began producing cement in 1928, being the oldest in the country.[3]

On January 21, 1959, the National Cement Factory (FANCESA) was founded in the city of Sucre, which would also enter the Bolivian market.[4] In 1966, the Bolivian Cement Cooperative (COBOCE) was created with headquarters in the city of Cochabamba that would begin to produce cement from the year 1972.[5]

In 1997 another private Bolivian company called "Itacamba Cementos" was born, which would begin to produce cement from that same year.[6] Some time later, the Bolivian government would also intervene in the production of cement in the country, managing to create the Bolivian Cement Productive Public Company (ECEBOL) with its two cement plants, the first located in the municipality of Caracollo in the Department of Oruro and the second plant located in the city of Potosí in the Department of Potosi.[7]

Production

During the last 32 years, Bolivian cement production has increased considerably reaching a growth of more than 660%, from producing only 500,000 tons in 1990 to 3,888,000 tons in 2022.[1]

Latin American and Caribbean countries according to its annual cement productionLatin American and Caribbean countries according to its annual cement production per capita
N.CountryCement Production in metric tons (2021)N.CountryCement Production per capita (2021)
1stBrazil60,772,000 tons1stBarbados768 kilograms
2ndMexico51,745,000 tons2ndDominican Republic590 kilograms
3rdColombia13,797,000 tons3rdTrinidad and Tobago473 kilograms
4thPeru12,855,000 tons4thMexico408 kilograms
5thArgentina12,117,000 tons5thPeru381 kilograms
6thDominican Republic6,562,000 tons6thJamaica346 kilograms
7thEcuador5,422,000 tons7thEcuador304 kilograms
8thChile4,750,000 tons8thBolivia300 kilograms
9thGuatemala4,137,000 tons9thBrazil283 kilograms
10thBolivia3,607,000 tons10thColombia270 kilograms
11thVenezuela2,560,000 tons11thArgentina264 kilograms
12thHonduras1,650,000 tons12thUruguay260 kilograms
13thEl Salvador1,520,000 tons13thChile243 kilograms
14thCuba1,320,000 tons14thGuatemala241 kilograms
15thParaguay1,100,000 tons15thEl Salvador240 kilograms
16thJamaica979,000 tons16thCosta Rica188 kilograms
17thCosta Rica975,000 tons17thPanama188 kilograms
18thUruguay893,000 tons18thHonduras163 kilograms
19thHaiti840,000 tons19thParaguay149 kilograms
20thPanama821,000 tons20thCuba117 kilograms
21stTrinidad and Tobago723,000 tons21stPuerto Rico98 kilograms
22ndNicaragua512,000 tons22ndVenezuela90 kilograms
23rdPuerto Rico320,000 tons23rdSuriname81 kilograms
24thBarbados216,000 tons24thNicaragua74 kilograms
25thSuriname50,000 tons25thHaiti73 kilograms
Source: Inter-American Cement Federation [8]

References

  1. 12National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia (2023). "Data on the Production, Consumption and Sale of Cement in Bolivia". ine.gob.bo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-04-09.
  2. ↑Southern Mail Newspaper (2019-08-27). "Bolivia towards the top of the 5 main cement-producing countries in Latin America". correodelsur.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-04-09.
  3. ↑Bolivian Cement Society S.A. (2023). "History of Bolivian Cement Society S.A."(PDF). soboce.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-04-09.
  4. ↑Southern Mail Newspaper (2016-01-21). "Brief historical reference of the company FANCESA". correodelsur.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-04-09.
  5. ↑Daily Opinion (2019-12-03). "Bolivian Cement Cooperative celebrates its 53 years of contribution to the development of Bolivia". opinion.com.bo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-04-09.
  6. ↑Itacamba Cementos (2023). "History of the company Itacamba Cemento S.A". itacamba.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-04-09.
  7. ↑Bolivian Cement Productive Public Company (2023). "Brief history of the public cement company ECEBOL". sedem.gob.bo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-04-09.
  8. ↑Inter-American Cement Federation (2023). "Cement Magazine 2022 Edition". ficem.org. Retrieved 2023-04-10.