Caracolito’s cleaner air
The replacement of the electrostatic precipitator with a bag filter at Cemex’s Caracolito plant in Colombia has had a positive impact on the company’s emissions indicators as well as the local environment and neighbouring communities. By Cemex, Colombia.

The new bag filter at Cemex’s Caracolito plant in Colombia has reduced particle emissions from 127 to 12mg/m3
Colombia is one of Cemex’s most-important markets in Latin America due to its size, the dynamism of the local construction sector and an outlook that envisages constant growth.