# Cuba to build new cement plant in Santiago de Cuba

Cuba's Cement Business Group will set up a new cement factory in Santiago de Cuba to replace the obsolete José Mercerón plant, with capacity to produce about 1 million tons of clinker and 1.2 million tons of gray cement annually, expected to be completed in three years.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-03-01
- Where: Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
- Starts operating: 2021
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 1 million tons of clinker per year, 1.2 million tons of gray cement per year
- Products: clinker, gray cement
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [Cement Business Group](https://endata.com/companies/30438.md)

## Sources

- [adelante.cu](https://www.adelante.cu/index.php/en/noticias/cuba/12454-cuba-will-begin-updating-of-cement-factories-this-year), 2018-03-01: "The plant, expected to be completed in three years, will have the capacity to produce around one million tons of clinker (raw material for the production of cement), and could provide 1.2 million tons of gray cement annually."

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