WHILE Caribbean Cement Company has declined to comment on the Government’s decision to allow five firms to import cement to help meet local demand, two major private players in the construction sector welcomed the move.

Norman Horne, executive chairman of ARC Manufacturing Limited, said the move was necessary as part of an overall push to stabilise and boost the cement supply.

Horne pointed out that even when burying the dead in Jamaica cement is a necessary product, as he underscored the importance of the product.