The minimum stagnation of the cement market in Catalonia is maintained to August 2018, the last month with data estimated by the Oficemen Cement Barometer. The lack of infrastructure projects and the limited activity of residential construction have set the forecast at 155 thousand tons, which puts the consumption of the last 12 months at [...]
The working session between the new Government of the Generalitat and the representatives of the Catalan cement industry, held on October 10, has highlighted the coincidence of approaches in strategic areas for the sector such as the promotion of public works and the impulse to the Circular Economy strategies. At the meeting with the Secretary [...]
The lack of investment in public works by all administrations slows the growth of cement sales in Catalonia. According to the data from the Barometer managed by Oficemen for July 2018, demand in Catalonia has increased by 1.5% in the last 12 months, estimated at almost 1.8 million tons. Although in July the growth was [...]
The Catalan cement industry, represented by the Cement Manufacturers Association of Catalonia (Ciment Català), has agreed to give its full support to the candidacy led by Josep Sánchez Llibre to the presidency of the Foment del Treball Nacional, in the elections that this entity must celebrate next November 5th. The agreement was taken at the [...]
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 [...]