Tag: Ecuador
IIC approves loan for Ecuador’s steel sector
The Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) approved a loan of up to USD 30M to Acería del Ecuador (Adelca) for the construction, development and operation of a new steel production plant located in the San Francisco de Milagro canton in the Guayas province, some 40km from Guayaquil. Tenaris opens finishing facility in Ecuador
Tenaris officially inaugurated its new finishing mill in Machachi, Ecuador, on 16 September 2014 in the presence of local authorities, community members and employees.
First Dopeless technology adoption in Ecuador
TenarisHydril Dopeless technology is being used for the first time in Ecuador to comply with more stringent environmental regulations in the Amazon rainforest, at two of the country’s largest oil fields, Shushufindi and Libertador. TiO2-rich titanium slag
South American Iron and Steel Ltd has produced a high-grade pig iron and a TiO2-rich titanium slag in smelting tests on material from its Fierroinca project in Ecuador.
New refinery in Ecuador
Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa has announced that Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, PDVSA, and Ecuador-based Petroecuador have signed a Memorandum of Intent in order to build a new refinery in the coastal province of Manabi, NE Ecuador.