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Carib Cement produced faulty product
AP
Sunday 26th March, 2006 Posted: 20:55 CIT (01:55 +1 GMT)
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PORT–OF–SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) – The Carib Cement Co. produced substandard cement for six months because of quality–control problems, and some 200 complaints have been filed about the product, company officials said Saturday.
Jamaica–based Carib Cement suspended manufacturing and distribution of cement last Monday to investigate the complaints. Tests revealed the cement – the key ingredient in concrete – was hardening at an early stage.
"The cement had some problems with strength, which could have led to building unsafe structures," said Alan Nobie, a spokesman for Trinidad Cement Ltd., Carib Cement’s majority shareholder.
Cement shortages are holding up construction in some Caribbean countries, including projects related to match sites for the 2007 cricket World Cup. Carib Cement said it will give priority to the two stadiums in Jamaica that will host World Cup matches.
Production should return to full capacity next week after a shipment of raw material from Venezuela arrives, Nobie said.
About 215 complaints have been filed with Carib Cement about the inferior cement, said Lystra Sharp, a Carib Cement spokeswoman in Jamaica.
The company made the substandard product since October 2005 and disciplinary action will be taken against the staff, Rollin Bertrand, chief executive officer of Trinidad Cement, told Television Jamaica on Friday. He did not specify how much of the cement produced during that time was substandard
AP
Sunday 26th March, 2006 Posted: 20:55 CIT (01:55 +1 GMT)
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PORT–OF–SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) – The Carib Cement Co. produced substandard cement for six months because of quality–control problems, and some 200 complaints have been filed about the product, company officials said Saturday.
Jamaica–based Carib Cement suspended manufacturing and distribution of cement last Monday to investigate the complaints. Tests revealed the cement – the key ingredient in concrete – was hardening at an early stage.
"The cement had some problems with strength, which could have led to building unsafe structures," said Alan Nobie, a spokesman for Trinidad Cement Ltd., Carib Cement’s majority shareholder.
Cement shortages are holding up construction in some Caribbean countries, including projects related to match sites for the 2007 cricket World Cup. Carib Cement said it will give priority to the two stadiums in Jamaica that will host World Cup matches.
Production should return to full capacity next week after a shipment of raw material from Venezuela arrives, Nobie said.
About 215 complaints have been filed with Carib Cement about the inferior cement, said Lystra Sharp, a Carib Cement spokeswoman in Jamaica.
The company made the substandard product since October 2005 and disciplinary action will be taken against the staff, Rollin Bertrand, chief executive officer of Trinidad Cement, told Television Jamaica on Friday. He did not specify how much of the cement produced during that time was substandard
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