Cuban university opens micro limestone calcined clay cement plant

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Cuba: The University ‘Marta Abreu’ of Las Villas (UCLV) has started operating a 7t/day limestone calcined clay cement plant. The unit will be run by the Geominera del Centro Company, according to the Cuban News Agency. Building materials produced at the plant will be used locally.

Fernando Martirena Hernández, director of the Centre for Research and Development of Structures and Materials (CIDEM), said it was the first plant producing low carbon cement in the world. The project is a collaboration between the university and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation as part of the LC3 project. Similar plants are planned for 18 countries including India, China, Indonesia, Thailand, Guatemala, Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Ivory Coast, Cameroon and Senegal.

Last modified on 29 May 2019

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