Two men badly injured at Arawak Cement
Two men sustained burns during an industrial accident at the Arawak Cement plant in St Lucy, Barbados, early Sunday morning. Plant attendant Brian Moore reportedly has burns abo...
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Caribbean Cement may resume exports soon
Jamaica-based Caribbean Cement Co Ltd is awaiting the right conditions to resume cement exports. The Rockfort plant has excess capacity, despite sustained local demand for cemen...
Dominican producers use ashes from power generation
Ashes produced at the Punta Catalina coal power generation complex in Bani, Dominican Republic, are now being used by cement companies in the country, according to Jaime Aristy ...
Caribbean Cement forecasts 10-20% sales decline in 2020
Jamaica-based Caribbean Cement expects its annual sales to drop 10-20 per cent this year, due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. "The forecast we are seeing is a 10 to 20 ...
Caribbean Cement Co exports clinker to Haiti for the first time
Jamaica’s Caribbean Cement Co has exported clinker to Haiti for the first time, according to the Jamaica Observer. The 7500t shipment became possible due to excess production at...
Cementos Argos 1H results impacted by challenging Colombian market
Cementos Argos released its 2Q18 results this week with revenues up by 1.4 per cent at COP2.184trn (US$726bn) from COP2.154trn in 2Q17. The 1H18 revenue amounted to COP4.092trn,...
Caribbean Cement pays first instalment of asset buyback
Jamaica’s Caribbean Cement Co Ltd (Carib Cement) has paid the first instalment of JMD1.3bn (US$10.50m) on an asset buyback agreement with its parent company, Trinidad Cement Ltd...
Trinidad Cement revenues down 12%
Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) said its revenue for the first three months of the year was down by 12 per cent YoY to TTD422m (US$62.5m) due to a construction slowdown in one of its ...
Caribbean: Rock Hard Cement starts exporting
Rock Hard cement company has is about to enter markets outside of its homebase of Barbados. Eight months ago it was experiencing a difficult time exporting, but it can now compe...
Caribbean: Cemex launch takeover bid for TCL
Cemex SAB de CV today announced that one of its indirect subsidiaries, Sierra Trading will present an offer and takeover bid for all shareholders of Trinidad Cement Ltd. "This O...