Guantanamo.- Mixed up, above all, of subjective problems, the sugar harvest is underway at the Argeo Martínez sugar mill, which until last Wednesday, after 22 days of grinding, was using its potential norm at 25 percent (of a planned 60) and stopped producing more than 600 tons of sugar.
Beyond the effects on fuel and electricity, the industry has been stopped due to operational problems, breakdowns in the tipper area, in mills 2 and 3, in the automatic control of the boiler and in the operation of the equipment for the feedback of the bagasse. There have also been stops due to a lack of sugarcane at the mill, caused by problems with the mechanized cutting, lifting and pulling, as well as in the collection centers, due to interruptions in the electrical service.
Other incidents that have impacted the production of sugar cane and the efficiency of the industry are in the grinding of old sugarcane (even after 90 hours of cutting). On Wednesday night, for example, 1,500 tons of the grass were counted on the ground.
These and other problems were confirmed by Jorge Luis Tapia Fonseca, Cuban deputy prime minister, during a visit to the sugar mill, where he spoke with workers and managers, and toured the different areas of the sugar factory.
Accompanied by Yoel Pérez García, the first secretary of the Party in the province, and Alis Azahares Torreblanca, governor, Tapia Fonseca paid special attention to the control and analysis room for the harvest, a vital space for the operation of the sugar mill, where, as he demonstrated, the work is not carried out with the discipline, control and demand required.
He insisted on promoting the implementation there, as indicated, of the work shift changes, since it is at that moment that all the problems of the mill must be evaluated with rigor and discipline, and the incident book updated.
The sugar harvest takes time, it is true, but it is very short and the days pass inexorably. That is why a reaction from the collective is required to gain in efficiency, recover delays and comply with the approved sugar plan.
