Cement industry in Bolivia

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 production		 Latin American and Caribbean countries
according to its annual cement production per capita
N. Country Cement Production
in metric tons (2021)		 N. Country Cement Production
per capita (2021)
1st  Brazil 60,772,000 tons 1st  Barbados 768 kilograms
2nd  Mexico 51,745,000 tons 2nd  Dominican Republic 590 kilograms
3rd  Colombia 13,797,000 tons 3rd  Trinidad and Tobago 473 kilograms
4th  Peru 12,855,000 tons 4th  Mexico 408 kilograms
5th  Argentina 12,117,000 tons 5th  Peru 381 kilograms
6th  Dominican Republic 6,562,000 tons 6th  Jamaica 346 kilograms
7th  Ecuador 5,422,000 tons 7th  Ecuador 304 kilograms
8th  Chile 4,750,000 tons 8th  Bolivia 300 kilograms
9th  Guatemala 4,137,000 tons 9th  Brazil 283 kilograms
10th  Bolivia 3,607,000 tons 10th  Colombia 270 kilograms
11th  Venezuela 2,560,000 tons 11th  Argentina 264 kilograms
12th  Honduras 1,650,000 tons 12th  Uruguay 260 kilograms
13th  El Salvador 1,520,000 tons 13th  Chile 243 kilograms
14th  Cuba 1,320,000 tons 14th  Guatemala 241 kilograms
15th  Paraguay 1,100,000 tons 15th  El Salvador 240 kilograms
16th  Jamaica 979,000 tons 16th  Costa Rica 188 kilograms
17th  Costa Rica 975,000 tons 17th  Panama 188 kilograms
18th  Uruguay 893,000 tons 18th  Honduras 163 kilograms
19th  Haiti 840,000 tons 19th  Paraguay 149 kilograms
20th  Panama 821,000 tons 20th  Cuba 117 kilograms
21th  Trinidad and Tobago 723,000 tons 21th  Puerto Rico 98 kilograms
22th  Nicaragua 512,000 tons 22th  Venezuela 90 kilograms
23th  Puerto Rico 320,000 tons 23th  Suriname 81 kilograms
24th  Barbados 216,000 tons 24th  Nicaragua 74 kilograms
25th  Suriname 50,000 tons 25th  Haiti 73 kilograms
Source: Inter-American Cement Federation [8]

References
  1. National 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.
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