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Catalan factories achieve 41% energy substitution and avoid the emission of 347 thousand tons of CO2 from fossil fuels

The contribution of Catalan cement factories in the fight against Climate Change experienced a qualitative leap in 2020 thanks to the increase in energy recovery from waste, which stood at 40.65% compared to 34.97% in 2019. With this Circular Economy practice prevented the emission into the atmosphere of more than 347 thousand tons of CO2 [...]

2021-05-17T09:44:45+02:00May 17th, 2021|

Balance of a pandemic year: cement consumption in Catalonia falls by 5.1%

The first 12 months of the Covid-19 pandemic have caused a 5.1% decrease in cement consumption in Catalonia (April 2020-March 2021 period). The paralysis of economic activities as a consequence of the successive states of alarm and confinements has slowed down the slight recovery from the 2014 lows with a drop in sales that, although [...]

2021-04-27T08:26:49+02:00April 27th, 2021|

Ciment Català, entity adhered to the climate action commitments promoted by the Generalitat

On May 14, 2019, the Generalitat of Catalonia formally declared a climate emergency. Subsequently, on January 17, 2020, the Climate Action Summit was held, in which Ciment Català already participated. Now, in the strategy for a carbon neutral economy promoted by the Generalitat, the list of companies, institutions and other organizations adhering to the Climate [...]

2021-04-06T15:31:48+02:00April 6th, 2021|

The domestic market only consumes half of the cement produced in Catalonia

The latest provisional data from the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism confirm the negative trend in the activity indices of the cement industry when the first year under the effects of the pandemic. Consumption fell another 4% in February, placing the interannual rate down 10.2% (1.99 million tons). This means that only 1 of [...]

2021-03-19T13:41:20+02:00March 19th, 2021|

Ciment Català adheres to the Manifesto “Enough, let’s focus on recovery”

The Grouping of Cement Manufacturers of Catalonia (Ciment Català), together with more than 300 other entities, has adhered to the Manifesto It’s enough, let's focus on the recovery promoted by the economic, cultural and social world of Catalonia to condemn acts of vandalism of the last weeks and in defense of imminent solutions that help [...]

2021-03-04T15:26:33+02:00March 4th, 2021|

Generalitat and Ciment Català sign the extension of the Voluntary Agreement to promote efficiency in the use of resources and the transition towards a circular economy

The Association of Cement Manufacturers of Catalonia (Ciment Català) and the Department of Territory and Sustainability have extended the validity of the Voluntary Agreement to promote efficiency in the use of resources and the transition towards a circular economy of the sector until July 2025. With the extension of this Agreement makes visible the sustainability [...]

2022-03-02T10:45:23+02:00February 22nd, 2021|

Generalitat and the sector are committed to the energy use of waste and the promotion of infrastructure construction as a competitiveness strategy

The energy transition, the commitment to the Circular Economy, the promotion of the construction of infrastructures and the need to strengthen the competitiveness of companies and the economy as a whole were the central issues of the telematic working session of last January 14 between the General Director of Energy, Industrial Safety and Mining Safety, [...]

2021-02-02T16:15:31+02:00February 2nd, 2021|

The second wave of the pandemic causes cement production and consumption to fall even more

The restrictions on economic activities derived from the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic have caused a new drop in the Production (-3.9%) and Consumption (-5.3%) volumes of cement in Catalonia. These negative figures are added to the accumulated losses since last March, and place the interannual index (the accumulated index of the last 12 [...]

2021-01-14T15:18:51+02:00January 14th, 2021|
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