At the Las Tunas Salt Mine Base Business Unit, they overcome challenges every day. These efforts, and their results, were recognized by the Energy and Mines Union (SNTEM, in Spanish) with the National Distinguished Collective Award.

Puerto Padre, Las Tunas.- At the ceremony, they remembered the legacy of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, which motivates them to continue working diligently. From the improvised platform set up to honor the award, Maiquel García Reyes, the director, recounted the main productions, which earned them this high recognition.

García Reyes emphasized that despite the infrastructure challenges due to the limited investments made in the last 10 years in their salt field and pumping, they managed to crystallize sufficient salt and extracted more than 32,000 tons, 102 percent of the committed plan.
He described the catalysts for the good performance as "the workers' innovation and constant search for solutions mainly in the salt, extraction, and maintenance areas."

In this regard, he praised "the repair of equipment such as the centrifuge, which has been in operation for over a decade without spare parts; as well as the Doosan loader, the mill, the electrical transformers that supply the plant, the conveyor belts, and the transport means."

Obstacles related to the lack of storage areas for the timely transfer of salt and the impacts associated with the energy contingency and fuel shortages were also overcome. However, "we managed to finish with over fulfillment of commercial production, which reached 108 percent, and retail sales, which rose to 123 percent," the executive praised.

Despite the obstacles, the salt workers of Las Tunas overfulfilled their mission of providing the essential raw material to their main client, the Sagua Electrochemical Company in Villa Clara, while also meeting the demands of this and other provinces, to which they supplied the expected quantities of salt.