Caracolito’s cleaner air
The replacement of the electrostatic precipitator with a bag filter at Cemex’s Caracolito plant in Colombia has had a positive impact on the company’s emissions indicators as well as the local environment and neighbouring communities. By Cemex, Colombia.
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The new bag filter at Cemex’s Caracolito plant in Colombia has reduced particle emissions from 127 to 12mg/m3
Colombia is one of Cemex’s most-important markets in Latin America due to its size, the dynamism of the local construction sector and an outlook that envisages constant growth.