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LafargeHolcim faces US$270m compensation claim over violation of US sanctions in Cuba

12 October 2020

Cuba/US: A court in Florida has accepted a request for damages worth US$270m from LafargeHolcim to over 20 parties from Cuba whose land was nationalised and subsequently had a cement plant built on it. The claim alleges that Switzerland-based Holderbank has held a stake in the partly-state owned Carlos Marx cement plant near Cienfuegos since 2001 via a deliberately “complex network of letterbox companies and transactions” in the Netherlands and Spain, according to the Tages Anzeiger newspaper. Holderbank later became Holcim and then LafargeHolcim.

The building materials producer’s alleged involvement may constitute a violation of the US embargo on trade with Cuba for companies active in the US. The claim has been aided by a clause in the US’s Cuban blockade law, activated by President Donald Trump, enabling Cubans to claim damages in US courts for expropriated property from private companies which profited from them.

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Cuban plant burning tyres

19 February 2020

Cuba: State-owned Cementos Cienfuegos has started to burn waste tyres in order to save on imported petcoke costs. Cuba is suffering a coal shortage due to reinforced economic sanctions led by the US.

The plant is using 130-150 tyres per day as part of a project that, in its initial phase, makes it possible to replace 5% of its petcoke requirements. Plant manager Ernesto Gálvez, explained the plant eventually aims to burn 400 tyres per day.

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Siguaney cement plant re-enters production

26 November 2019

Cuba: Following 18 months of reduced operations in which time maintenance and repairs on its grey cement kilns were carried out, Corporacion Cementos Cubanos’ 0.7Mt/yr Siguaney plant is once more fully operational across its four wet lines. Esmerk has reported that the company hopes to re-open its white cement kiln at the nearest possible date.

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Cuban government publishes price lists of products including cement to counter inflation

18 July 2019

Cuba: The Ministry of Finance and Prices has published a list of prices for a range of products, including cement, that are sold in state-run stores and agricultural markets. The ministry says that the initiative is intended to evaluate the local market at the municipal level in response to concerns about inflation following a government-mandated salary increases, according to 14ymedio. Shops that violate the regulated price lists may face sanctions.

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Cuban university opens micro limestone calcined clay cement plant

28 May 2019

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.

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Cuba’s Nuevitas plant to produce 0.12Mt of cement in 2018

20 July 2018

Cuba: The Nuevitas cement plant expects to produce 0.12Mt of cement in 2018. Nearly 80% of this output will be used to build houses, according to the Adelante newspaper. The plant serves the Camagüey province as well as Las Tunas, Granma and Ciego de Ávila.

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New cement terminal to be built at Ciego de Ávila

21 May 2018

Cuba: A new railway cement terminal is being built at Ciego de Ávila. The unit will have five silos with a total storage capacity of 1600t, according to the Invasor newspaper. The terminal should be compelted by the end of 2018. The site is intended to support hotel construction, infrastructure projects and general housing in the region.

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Nuevitas plant to develop LC3 cement in Cuba

10 April 2018

Cuba: The Nuevitas cement plant will test LC3 cement, according to the Adelante newspaper. LC3 is a blend of limestone and calcined clay that reduces the amount of clinker used. The plant is one of three units in the country earmarked for upgrades in 2018.

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Cuba to upgrade three cement plants

05 March 2018

Cuba: The government has allocated over US$26m to upgrade three of the country’s cement plants. Pavel Cansino Ávila, deputy director of the Cement Business Group, told the Cuban News Agency that the Santiago de Cuba plant, also known as the José Mercerón plant, will be replaced with a new plant. The new unit is scheduled to be built by 2021 and it will have a production capacity of 1.2Mt/yr. The Siguaney plant and the Nuevitas plant will also be upgraded in 2018.

In 2017 the six local cement plants were unable to meet a government order of 1.57Mt of cement. Failures occurred due to lack of maintenance budget for the plants, issues due to a lack of packaging materials and logistics issues with deliveries.

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Punta Alegre gypsum mine supports Cuban cement plants

04 January 2018

Cuba: The Punta Alegre gypsum mine near Ciego de Ávila supplied over 56,400t of gypsum to the local cement industry in 2017. The mine mainly supplied Cementos Cienfuegos, according to the Invasor newspaper. Despite the disruption caused by Hurricane Irma in mid-2017 the mine beat its annual production target of 50,000t. The unit installed a new mill from Chinese suppliers that increased its production capacity to 100t/hr in 2015.

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