The Costa Rican Electricity Institute tenders the supply of galvanized steel of different heights.
Costa Rica Government Purchase 2019LA-000020-0000400001:
"Details of required posts:
-Galvanized steel pole of 1 or 2 bodies, 11 m height, 13 cm cusp, 350 kgf working load, 8 sides.
-Galvanized steel pole with 1 or 2 bodies, 13 m height, 13 cm cusp, 400 kgf working load, 8 sides.
Seven companies are competing in a market which in the first semester of this year reported sales worth around $223 million.
Figures from the Dominican Association of Portland Cement Producers (Adocem) show that compared to the same semester in 2016 there was an increase of just 1.4% in sales reported by Cibao, Argos Dominicana, Cemex, Domicem, Andino, Santo Domingo and Panam.
The cement production plant that Plycem is to build on a 50,000 square meter site in Esparza, Puntarenas, will start operations in the first quarter of 2018.
The cement that will be manufactured at the plant will be of the Cementos Fortaleza brand, and part of its production will be sold locally.
"According to a press release, with the start-up of the new plant, the company will be able to self-supply the main raw material used in the manufacture of fibro-cement products."
In 2016 intraregional trade in hydraulic cement totaled $59 million, 18% less than in 2015, and the main exporter is still Costa Rica.
Figures from the information system on the the Hydraulic Cement Market in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData : [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with the graph"]
The lower speed at which cement prices are growing is due to a dip in production costs and the market opening up to imports of the product from China.
The completion of large-scale construction projects, such as the Reventazon hydroelectric station, also explains the change in the price of cement which has gone from 7.8% in the first quarter of 2015 to 1.5% in the same period this year.
A Bill proposes that companies using electricity distribution poles pay municipalities a fee equivalent to 10% of their earnings.
The proposal presented by Deputy Jorge Rodriguez not only includes telecommunications companies, but also any natural or legal person who owns the posts. This proposal also prohibits the new rental fee for the poles being transferred to the final consumer.
The Salvadoran company Postes de Concreto S.A. has built a factory with a capacity to produce 125 concrete posts a day.
"Two years ago we began to operate in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, after having consolidated ourselves in El Salvador and in 2015 we thought about investing in Panama," said Mauricio Avalos, president of the company, explaining that the opening in Nicaragua is part of its strategy of expansion into Central America.