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Cement Plants in Chile
Chile has 15 cement plants mapped on the OverWatts open energy atlas — the 40th-largest fleet of the 149 countries that hold any, and 0.4% of the world's mapped total. Of these, 14 operating.
The largest owner-operators are Cemento Polpaico SA (4), Cementos Bio Bio SA (4) and Melon SA (4) — Cemento Polpaico SA alone is named on 27% of them. Half of Chile's cement plants in service predate 2007 (median commissioning year of the 14 with a known date), 2 came online in the past decade and the oldest still listed is La Calera Cement Plant, dating from 1908. They account for 5% of every energy asset OverWatts maps in Chile.
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Who owns Chile's cement plants
- Cemento Polpaico SA4 27%
- Cementos Bio Bio SA4 27%
- Melon SA4 27%
- Unacem Chile SA2 13%
- UNACEM Corp SAA2 13%
- Cementos Transex Ltda1 7%
- Hormigones Polpaico SA1 7%
- small shareholder(s)1 7%
Counts an asset once per company named as its owner or operator; a joint venture counts for each partner.
When they were built
- 1900s1
- 1940s1
- 1960s1
- 1980s1
- 1990s1
- 2000s4
- 2010s4
- 2020s1
Median commissioning year 2007 · oldest La Calera Cement Plant (1908) · newest Punta Arenas Cement Plant (2022) · 14 of 15 carry a start date
How Chile compares · cement plants by country
- 1. China1,094
- 37. Argentina17
- 38. Thailand17
- 39. North Korea16
- 40. Chile15
- 41. Mozambique15
- 42. Kenya14
- 43. Nigeria14
Frequently asked
- How many cement plants are there in Chile?
- OverWatts maps 15 cement plants in Chile — 0.4% of the world's mapped total, the 40th-largest national fleet of the 149 countries with any.
- Who owns the cement plants in Chile?
- Cemento Polpaico SA is named as owner or operator on the most — 4 of 15 (27%). Next are Cementos Bio Bio SA (4), Melon SA (4) and Unacem Chile SA (2).
- How old are Chile's cement plants?
- The median commissioning year is 2007, across the 14 in service with a known start date. The oldest still listed is La Calera Cement Plant (1908); 2 came online in the past ten years.