Cement plant inaugurated.Cementos Dominicanos (Domicen), the largest and most modern Portland cement portland cement Binding agent of present-day concrete. It is a finely ground powder made by burning and grinding a limestone mixed with clay or shale. Its inventor, Joseph Aspdin (1799–1855), patented the process in 1824, naming the material for its resemblance to the and clinker clink·er n. 1. The incombustible residue, fused into an irregular lump, that remains after the combustion of coal. 2. A partially vitrified brick or a mass of bricks fused together. 3. plant in the Caribbean region, built at a cost of over US$113.5 million by Italian and Dominican investors, was inaugurated by President Leonel Fernandez in Sabana Grande de Palenque Sabana Grande de Palenque is a municipality (municipio) of the San Cristóbal province in the Dominican Republic.[1] History It was elevated to the category of municipal district of the San Cristóbal municipality on January 1, 1945 and to the category , San Cristobal San Cris·tó·bal A city of extreme western Venezuela in a mountainous region near the Colombian border south-southwest of Maracaibo. Founded in 1561, it was severely damaged by an earthquake in 1875. Population: 298,000. Province, reports Listin Diario (Oct. 27, 2005). The plant has a production capacity of one million metric tons of cement per year and 850,000 metric tons of clinker per year. It will create approximately 250 direct jobs and will have local management. Domicen's production will reportedly represent one-third of the demand in the DR and that will cause imports to decrease by 50%. The plant will reportedly offer competitive prices and expects that the new competition will cause market prices to drop by between 10% and 20%. The plant will use equipment brought from China, Europe and the US. |
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