Estudio de factibilidad para la creación de una planta procesadora de carbonato de calcio para la Asociación Canteras Shobol Central ubicada en la parroquia San Juan, ciudad de Riobamba

Abstract

This degree research has been conducted as a feasibility study to determine the viability of creating a calcium carbonate processing plant for the company Canteras Shobol. In order to determine whether the project proposed by the company is feasible, the methodology described by several authors in the area of project formulation and evaluation was used. The work began by conducting a marketing study within the basic iron and steel industries, sugar and shrimp companies, which require quicklime and hydrated lime. In this way it was possible to identify that there is an unsatisfied demand of 38,842 tons of quicklime and 169,450 tons of hydrated lime this year. It was established that, in order to meet the proposed production goal, the company must have a plant area of 1,860 m2 distributed in 7 work areas: raw material storage, kilns, screening, hydration, pulverization, finished product storage and loading area. The proposed plant layout and the aforementioned equipment determined that the monthly plant production capacity is 157.5 tons of quicklime and 236.25 tons of hydrated lime. With a selling price of $3.35 dollars per bag of hydrated lime and $150.00 dollars per ton of quicklime, the following results were determined for the economic and financial study: NPV ($227,587.13), IRR (33%), benefit/cost ratio (1.21), investment recovery period (fourth year) and profitability (28%). As a conclusion of the research, it was found that the project is feasible, and it was recommended to the company Canteras Shobol to consider the technical aspects proposed in this Curricular Integration Work so that the processing plant can be able to meet its objectives