Emile Elias: TCL can fill gap left by Rock Hard cement shortfall
A delivery of Rock Hard cement at a hardware in San Fernando in 2017. File photo -
One local contractor does not believe the increase in cement prices from one local supplier will have significant negative impacts on the construction sector.
NH International executive chairman Emile Elias said the new prices of Rock Hard Distributors Ltd posed no threats to the cement supply and Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) can fill the gaps.
He told Newsday on Thursday, “There is nothing that Rock Hard cement either does or can do that will impact on the local construction sector. They are a peripheral player and some of the allegations they made against the government are simply not true.
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TCL to close packaging division in February
Friday 22 January 2021
In this March 2018 file photo, TCL workers marched during their lunch time outside the company’s Claxton Bay compound.
FIFTY more workers may be put on the breadline, as Trinidad Cement Ltd has given notice of its intention to permanently close its packaging division – TCL Packaging Ltd (TPL).
Chief labour relations officerof the Oilfield Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) Lyndon Mendoza confirmed the closure is scheduled for February 15.
He said the union was informed of this development in a letter from the company on January 21. TCL has also invited the union to a meeting to discuss the closure.
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