Cement News tagged under: Dominican Republic
Domicem surpasses 1Mt output mark09 December 2019, Published under Cement NewsDomicem, based in the Dominican Republic, has set a new production record. The company surpassed the 1Mt mark for the first time in its history. Adriano Brunetti, Domicem’s managing director said it was “a record consumed volume, which shows shows the growth and development of the country leading it from being a born importer of cement to a self-sufficient producer with export of 20 per cent of its production. ” He added that total industry sales in the country are expected to reach 5Mt t... |
DR’s roadmap to the future27 August 2019, Published under Cement NewsSupported by sustained economic development, the construction sector of the Dominican Republic has provided a solid base for growth for the country’s cement industry. With an 8Mta production capacity, domestic cement companies have helped the country make the switch from being a net importer to a net exporter. Providing the setting to the XXXVI FICEM Technical Congress 2019, ADOCEM provides a timely update of its cement sector. By ADOCEM, Dominican Republic. With 8Mta of production ca... |
Dominican Republic cement market expands 5% in 1H1921 August 2019, Published under Cement NewsCement sales in the Dominican Republic increased 5.2 per cent YoY in the January-June 2019 period, according to the country’s cement association, Adocem. Output from domestic cement plants rose by 2.7 per cent YoY to 2.812Mt in the same period. For the full-year, forecasts indicate that cement production will increase by eight per cent YoY to 4.8Mt in 2019. "The Dominican Republic has gone from being a net importer of cement to being self-sufficient and exporting approximately 20 per cent... |
Dominican Republic exports US$72.3m of cement in 201805 June 2019, Published under Cement NewsThe Dominican Republic exported Portland cement to the value of US$72.3m in 2018, according to the country’s Director of General Direction of Mining, Alexander Medina Herasme. The country produces cement in four clinker and two grinding plants with a combined capacity of 7.15Mt. It is the Caribbean’s largest cement and clinker exporter, accounting for around two-thirds of the region’s cement exports. |
Cement prices rise 43% in the Dominican Republic16 May 2019, Published under Cement NewsThe president of the Cibao Housing Promoters and Builders Association, Anthony Canaan, has denounced a 43 per cent price hike in cement prices in the Dominican Republic, according to the Dominican Today. Mr Canaan noted that stability in the exchange rate and prices of different raw materials means there is no justification for the increase. "In recent days we have received an unjustified increase in the raw material for construction," said Mr Canaan. "Currently the different cement distr... |
Cementos Argos sets new production record in Dominican Republic01 May 2019, Published under Cement NewsCementos Argos set a new cement production record in the Dominican Republic. The cement mill at its Nayajo plant in San Cristóbal produced 50,194t of cement, the highest production in its 20 years of operation. The cement works has a cement capacity of 0.542Mta. |
Cementos Argos supplies concrete for Caribbean’s largest effluent treatment plant08 April 2019, Published under Cement NewsColombia-based Cementos Argos has supplied 22,978m 3 of concrete for the Mirador Norte-La Zurza wastewater treatment plant, the largest in the Caribbean, according to Dominicano Ahora. The 1.2m 3 /s treatment plant, which is being built by Incatema Consulting and under supervision of the Santo Domingo Aqueduct and Sewer Corp, will benefit half-a-million people in the National District and Santo Domingo province, Dominican Republic. "At Argos, we are inspired to know that through our pr... |
Cementos Argos31 January 2019, Published under Cement NewsCementos Argos has supplied 22,978m 3 of concrete, equivalent to around 400 mixer trucks, to the La Zurza wastewater treatment plant in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. The plant, which will be the largest in the Caribbean, will have a capacity of 27m gallons/second of treated water being returned to the river flow. The project will not only benefit up to 500,000 inhabitants from 37 sectors of the National District and the province of Santo Domingo, it will also aid the Ozama and... |
Domicem celebrates sustainable growth in 201814 December 2018, Published under Cement NewsDomicem highlighted its sustainable growth in 2018 as the company’s Managing Director, Adriano Brunetti looked back on the year during the company’s Christmas dinner. "I would like to remind you that in this year we have achieved important goals such as the construction of a photovoltaic energy park, whose work started at the end of 2017 and which we recently inaugurated," Mr Brunetti said. "This new facility is a structure conceived with the most advanced technology currently available, w... |
Dominican Republic to see 4% growth in cement sales06 December 2018, Published under Cement NewsCement producers in the Dominican Republic expect to see cement sales increase 4.1 per cent YoY by the end of the year, according to the Dominican Association of Producers of Cement Portland (ADOCEM). In 2017 cement dispatches decreased two per cent YoY. “We are pleased to have managed to resume the upward trajectory we had been experiencing years ago, and which we predict will continue in the short and medium term," said Adocem President, Rayza Rodríguez. She highlighted the need for the... |