Nicaragua has recently inaugurated two major industrial projects, built with investment and support from China, that will make a substantial contribution to the country’s industrial development and modernisation.
On December 23, 2025, Presidential Adviser Laureano Ortega Murillo inaugurated the American Recycling Steel and Materials Processing Plant alongside Nicaraguan and Chinese officials. This steel plant is considered the most sophisticated and largest in all of Central America. US$ 60 million were invested in its construction and it will directly create 500 jobs.
Ortega said that, with the commissioning of this plant, Nicaragua and the Central American region will have steel products for construction, made under the highest standards of quality and sustainability.
“Within the framework of our brotherhood, in that brotherhood cemented between the Communist Party of China and the Sandinista National Liberation Front, we take on the task of continuing to promote and facilitate the investments of our Chinese brothers in Nicaragua and from Nicaragua, to promote and project this relationship for all of Central America and also framed in compliance with adherence to all the initiatives that President Xi Jinping has proposed: Belt and Road, Global Development, Global Security, Global Governance Initiative and all cooperation programs with Latin America; here we are working with our brothers in the People’s Republic of China for the development of Nicaragua and mutual benefit,” he said.
Then, on January 14 2026, a further plant that will manufacture PVC-based materials, galvanised steel sheets and related products which will be used for construction in the country as well as for export, was also opened by Laureano Ortega Murillo.
Suyen Ang, General Manager of L&L Contemporary Exteriors said: “We are here to contribute to the development of Nicaragua and the generation of employment and strengthening the national industry. Nicaragua is an attractive country for investment and is favourable for doing business.”
The following articles were originally published by La Gente – Radio La Primerísima.
Largest steel plant inaugurated in Central America
December 23 (Radio La Primerísima) – A steel plant, considered the most sophisticated and largest in all of Central America, was inaugurated on Tuesday morning by officials of the Sandinista Government and the People’s Republic of China.
The American Recycling Materials Recycling and Processing Steel Plant is located on the Masaya–Tipitapa highway, kilometer 29, in the Guanacastillo region.
60 million dollars were invested in the construction of the plant.
During the opening ceremony, Laureano Ortega Murillo, presidential advisor for the Promotion of Investment, Trade and Cooperation, explained that the project is located on a 150 thousand square meter plot of land, of which 70 thousand square meters correspond to the recycling plant.
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