Cuba is a country enthusiastic about decoration and color so it is no wonder that cement tiles (also called Cuban tiles), once introduced, became very popular here. Between the years 1890''s to about the 1960''s the Cuban mortar tiles, as they were sometimes called, became the preferred flooring of …
· Cuba''s cement industry is a mix of high expectations and crumbling neglect. One can sense the potential if a sudden burst of good news should energize the Cu-ban economy--as well as sorrow at the deterioration of nearly irrecoverable facilities.
· Nowadays, the Cement Cuban Industry has installed a productive capacity of 2.8 MMt of clinker per year, for a use of the 40% of this productive capacity for different reasons. The reported production in 2014 was 1.8 MMt. The current demand of cement exceeds the production, indicating the necessity of new investments in the cement sector to ...
· HAVANA, Cuba, Mar 1 (ACN) The Cuban cement industry will begin a process of updating three of its plants, with the goal of gradually increasing the production, essential for constructive development in the country. According to Pavel Cansino Ávila, deputy director of the Cement Business Group, a new factory in Santiago de Cuba must be set up ...
However, the U.S. cement industry has shown no prolonged or widespread negative effects from the pandemic. For January through August, shipments of portland and masonry cement increased slightly and decreased by 2%, respectively. Clinker production was essentially unchanged for January through August compared with that in the same period of 2019.
· The main data was related to consumption indexes, distances to raw materials, technology type, transport means and extraction processes. All this data has been collected in close collaboration with the Cuban cement industry and the Cuban Geological Survey. Table 2 shows a summary of input data collected.
· The Cuban cement industry will begin a process of updating three of its plants, with the goal of gradually increasing the production, essential for constructive development in the country. According to Pavel Cansino Ávila, deputy director of the Cement Business Group, a new factory in Santiago de Cuba must be set up during the current year ...
· Cuban cement exports fall 40% in 2020. Despite domestic shortages, Cuba exported 21,235t of cement at a value of US$1.04m in 2020, representing a 39.7 per cent drop YoY, according to Periodico Cubano. In 2019 the country exported 35,224t of cement with a value of US$1.885m – most of the product was shipped to Colombia.
· The Cuban cement industry reports production of 1.8Mt of cement in 2014 .According to estimations from the cement enterprise group in the country, total cement production in 2015 equals 1.9Mt.The current demand exceeds production, which is a stimulus for investment in this sector to increase manufacturing capacity as well as its use efficiency.
§Cuban industry needs a recapitalization to meet growing demand §LC3has a great potential to meet an increase in cement demand in the short term §Environmentally speaking: LC3is better than OPC even for worst production scenario §Up to 30% CO 2reduction §Up to 15% lower production cost (OPEX)
· Cuba: Switzerland-based LafargeHolcim has agreed in principle to settle a US court case regarding alleged trafficking in private property previously confiscated by the Cuban government. The Miami Herald newspaper has reported that the group is preparing to pay the claimant compensation. In the complaint, the plaintiffs had claimed the current market value of the property was an estimated US ...
· Deputy Premier Chris Saunders (CNS): Government has amended the regulations surrounding the limits on cement importation to address an acute shortage, which is fuelled by the continued commercial construction in Cayman as well as global supply chain problems. Colombia, Cuba and Panama have now been cleared as authorised countries where the cement can be sourced.…
The Cuban cement industry now bears the scars of its politics. The nation''s cement makers have to use some of the Western world''s most outdated equip-ment, and are producing at low levels of capacity uti-lization only 90 miles from one of the world''s most cement-hungry nations, the United States, which re-fuses to trade with Cuba. Gray ...
1972: On January 2, 1972, Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, after East Pakistan broke away, announced the nationalisation of all major industries, including iron and steel, heavy engineering, heavy electricals, petrochemicals, cement and public utilities except textiles industry and lands. The process was effectively ended after the overthrow of Prime Minister Bhutto in Operation Fair Play.
· Cuba: Citizens have begun buying stolen cement from government construction sites due to a shortage that has caused a price rise on the cement market. The Havana Times has reported that many people are unable to repair their housing due to the high prices. Government and military projects reportedly continue unaffected.
· Abstract. This paper aims at assessing the implications of using Limestone Calcined Clay Cement (LC 3) in the Cuban construction sector from a sustainability viewpoint means of combining Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), economic cost analysis and eco-efficiency approach, two construction techniques have been compared, taking as a functional unit one square meter of usable area.
· Cuba: The Punta Alegre gypsum mine near Ciego de Ávila supplied over 56,400t of gypsum to the local cement industry in 2017. The mine mainly supplied Cementos Cienfuegos, according to the Invasor newspaper. Despite the disruption caused by Hurricane Irma in mid-2017 the mine beat its annual production target of 50,000t.
· In Cuba, a new cement based on a combination of calcined clay and limestone to reduce clinker to 50% (Low Carbon Cement, LC 3) is been developed as part of an international collaboration project. The main goal of this research is to assess sustainability of cement sector in Cuba using life cycle techniques such as: Life cycle assessment ...
· Cuba: Corporacion Cementos Cubanos'' integrated Siguaney plant has resumed production of grey cement after stopping in late 2020 due to technical problems. The plant is targeting grey cement production of 65,000t in 2021, according to the Escambray newspaper. In 2020 local media reported that the plant produced 87,000t of grey cement and 3000t of white cement.