Latin America's first large-tire recycling plant inaugurated in Colombia
Latin America's first large-tire recycling plant inaugurated in Colombia
EFE Ingles
Saturday July 23, 2016 7:09 AM
Albania , Colombia , Jul 23 (EFE).- Colombian mining company Carbones del Cerrejon Ltd. has inaugurated Latin America's first large-tire recycling plant, which will export part of its production to other countries in the region and to Asia .
The plant in Albania , a municipality in the northeastern province of La Guajira, has the annual capacity to recycle 2,360 tires from mining equipment used at Cerrejon's massive open-pit coal mine, which produces more than 33 million tons of thermal coal a year.
Annual production from the plant will amount to approximately 2,300 tons of steel, as well as 5,000 tons of crumb rubber that can be used for the new fourth-generation highway network being built in Colombia , Vice President German Vargas Lleras , who headed Friday's inauguration ceremony, said.
"The rubber component in the asphalt blend provides the roads with optimal safety conditions and will greatly contribute to environmental management," the vice president added.
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Cerrejon coal mine
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