Overview
- A convoy departed from Ingenio Cruz Alta on Friday, August 28, 2026, marking the first use of the restored rail spur after more than 45 years.
- Los Balcanes and engineering firm IETSA built roughly two kilometers of new track, a 4,500-square-meter logistics platform, track devices and a new security system to reconnect the mill to the national network.
- Company plans estimate the facility can move about 60,000 tonnes of raw sugar per year in bulk and big bags, a figure the firm describes as an operational estimate rather than a guaranteed throughput.
- A second project stage to install a conveyor belt and a validation weighbridge is under way and expected to finish in about two months, after which the mill says it will load directly onto rail cars for port shipment.
- Officials from the provincial government and partner firm Ledesma attended the inauguration, which Los Balcanes presents as a private investment model to lower freight costs, expand exports and support local jobs and supply chains.