The Dominican cement industry will produce more than 4.8 million metric tons of cement this year for the domestic or export markets, a record for the local industry.
Adriano Brunetti and Julissa Báez shared the statistic on the occasion of announcing the upcoming meeting of the regional cement industry in Punta Cana. The country will be hosting the XXXVI FICEM 2019 Technical Congress organized by the Inter-American Cement Federation (Ficem) in Punta Cana from 2-4 September. Brunetti is the president of the Dominican Association of Cement Producers (Adocem) and Julissa Báez is the executive director.
Brunetti says the local industry can produce all the cement that the local market demands. “We can produce 8 million metric tons,” he said. This should meet the domestic and export demand for the next 15 years.
He estimated the local demand to be around 4.8 million and that there is a demand for another million metric tons for export to the Caribbean, including Haiti. He said Dominican cement is the lowest priced in Latin America and the Caribbean.
He explained that the country has gone from being a net importer of cement to becoming self-sufficient and exporting around 20% of its production.
Around 400 representatives of the Latin American, Iberoamerican and Caribbean cement industry will be meeting in Punta Cana for the regional congress. The latest technologies and trends in the industry will be presented. There will be talks on corporate social responsibility and environment-friendly production processes. International experts on sustainability and cement production processes will be speaking and exhibiting during the event.
Ficem members in the Dominican Republic are Cemex, Argos, Domicem, Cementos Cibao, Cementos Santo Domingo.
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El Caribe
Congreso Tecnico 2019
22 August 2019