Jamaica: The kiln upgrade at Caribbean Cement failed to lift output past 1Mt in 2025, as production declined to below 2020 levels, according to The Gleaner, citing the company’s annual report. The kiln was commissioned in April - May 2025, but Hurricane Melissa struck in October 2025, leading to temporary disruptions. The company reported cement production of 864,000t in 2025, down from 870,000t in 2024. However, managing director of Caribbean Cement Jorge Alejandro Martínez Mora said that the kiln project “fully achieved, and in some cases exceeded, its objectives related to safety, cost, schedule, emissions compliance and production performance, increasing clinker capacity to 2850t/day.”
The company said that the US$42m debottlenecking project was intended to improve output from 1Mt/yr to 1.3Mt/yr, but hurricanes in both 2024 and 2025 had disrupted operations and limited output. It also said that going forward, operations could see ‘uncertainty’, with higher input costs due to the Iran war, which had ‘significantly disrupted global oil and gas supplies’. Caribbean Cement reportedly spent US$27m on fuel and electricity in 2025. However, it said that the domestic market was expected to remain ‘relatively resilient.’
