After 3 consecutive years of rising, the Catalan cement industry has once again entered into a crisis situation. According to the estimated data of the Cement Barometer, consumption has been reduced by 1.2% in 2018 compared to the previous year. The figure contrasts with the evolution of the Spanish market, which has grown by 8.1% [...]

The Board of Directors of Ciment Català has deployed a program of visits and meetings with the members of the different political parties represented in the Committee on the Environment and Sustainability of the Parliament of Catalonia. This program, initiated last November, is aimed at explaining in the parliamentary headquarters the situation of the sector [...]

Executives of Ciment Català and the four associated companies have maintained, during the last weeks, several meetings with technicians of the Department of Territory and Sustainability of the Generalitat for the development of the III Voluntary Agreement. This agreement, signed between the public administration and the cement industry on July 6, 2017, aims to increase [...]

The cement market in Catalonia maintains the irregular behavior of the last months and, according to the estimates of the Cement Barometer of Oficemen, closed the month of November with a monthly fall of 13%. This figure places the interannual variation of the Cement Demand Index (CDI) at just under 1%, with a total of [...]

The Cement and Environment Labor Foundation (Fundación CEMA) has published an informative leaflet on the energy recovery of waste to disseminate to society the benefits of this practice of the cement industry. The brochure introduces, summarizes and clarifies the concepts related to the energy reuse of waste, an activity that reduces waste and, therefore, represents [...]

The estimates of the Oficemen Cement Barometer corresponding to the last month of October confirm the situation of stagnation of the sector in Catalonia. In the whole of the last 12 months, the domestic market has absorbed 1.85 million tons of cement, representing a growth of 3.3% over the previous period. In the cumulative 2018 [...]

The situation of the cement sector in Catalonia, and the possible ways of improvement, centered the working session held by a delegation of Ciment Català with the general director of Industry of the Department of Enterprise and Knowledge of the Generalitat, Matilde Villarroya. During the meeting, held on December 4, the representatives of the factories [...]

The Generalitat and the Catalan cement industry share the same will to emphasize the values ​​of Sustainability in the promotion and bidding of public works. This coincidence was again evident in the meeting of November 30 between Joan Jaume, president of Infraestructures.cat (the public company responsible for designing, building, preserving and exploiting infrastructure and buildings [...]

The activity of the cement industry has continued to decrease during the month of September, according to the estimates of the Cement Barometer of Oficemen. The situation of paralysis experienced by the execution of public works in Catalonia has once again generated negative rates in all magnitudes. In fact, during the first 3 quarters of [...]

In view of the growing use of waste-derived fuels in cement factories, the Cement and Environment Labor Foundation (Fundación CEMA) has designed an information and training campaign aimed at minimizing the occupational risks associated with the storage and handling of these fuels. The central element of the campaign has been the edition of the Guide [...]