Despite the fact the Catalan and Spanish economies have 20 consecutive quarters of growth, the recovery is still very scarce in the cement industry and, in general, in the construction sector as a whole. Josep Ramon Fontana, Head of the Markets Department of the Institute of Construction Technology of Catalonia (ITeC), believes that in addition [...]
The Catalan cement industry has shown again to the Generalitat its commitment to the Circular Economy and the saving of resources, making available the capacities of the factories to increase the energy recovery of waste. The use of alternative fuels, which saves natural resources and prevents many wastes from being incinerated or destined to landfill, [...]
Cement consumption in Catalonia recovered in April after the specific decline registered in March as a result of the impact of Holy Week and weather conditions. According to the data of the Cement Barometer managed by Oficemen, the increase is 20% compared to the same month of the previous year. This figure is equivalent to [...]
A delegation from Ciment Català headed by President Salvador Fernández Capo and technicians from the four associated companies made a visit on May 29 to the facilities of Ecoparc 2, located in Montcada i Reixac. During the tour they have been informed in detail about the waste treatment process corresponding to the rest fraction and, [...]
A special March month, with rains, the coincidence of Holy Week and a scarce activity in public works as a consequence of the political context has led the Cement Demand Index (IDC) in Catalonia to a fall of 38% with respect to the same month of 2017. This specific result breaks with almost 4 years [...]
The experience of the Catalan cement factories in the use of waste, both as a raw material and as an energy source, will be one of the contributions of Ciment Català in Catalunya Circular, the observatory on circular economy that the Generalitat has launched in May 2018. This space aims to be a point of [...]
The Cement Demand Index (IDC) in Catalonia in the month of February 2018 has moderated its growth, which has led to the average increase of the last 12 months to 15.5%, a little more than 1% compared to the previous month, according to the Cement Barometer, leading indicator of consumption prepared by the Oficemen Studies [...]
The Cement Demand Index (CDI) in Catalonia in the month of January 2018 continues with growth rates as those of the previous months, according to the Cement Barometer, an advance indicator of consumption prepared by the Department of Studies of Oficemen. The average increase of the last 12 months has been close to 20%, increasing [...]
The economic benefit that the cement production plants generate to the local communities where they are located amounts, only in the fiscal scope, to more than 2 million euros of annual average, according to the II Study on CSR in the cement sector, elaborated by Forética and Fundación CEMA. The study highlights the commitment to [...]
Cement consumption in Catalonia closed 2017 with an increase of 17% compared to the previous year, reaching 1.86 million tons. This is the fourth consecutive annual increase, which happens after 7 years of previous falls (2008 to 2014), where the use of the product in Catalan territory fell from 8.06 million tons to 1.46 million, [...]