The statistics gathered by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, and Tourism for October position this month as the second best of 2024 so far in terms of cement consumption in Catalonia. The 195,000 tons used represent a 7.1% increase compared to the same month in 2023 and place the annual consumption (summing the last 12 [...]

Cement consumption in Catalonia in September recorded a slight drop of 0.6%, bringing the year-on-year rate to -4.3% and a volume of 2.1 million tons. These figures confirm the trend towards market stabilization in Catalonia, which, since March, has hovered around this level of consumption, halting a decline that began in November 2022, when annual [...]

Cement consumption in Catalonia in August experienced a new decline of 10.1%, bringing the year-on-year rate to a decrease of 5.9%, with a volume of only 2.1 million tons. Production increased by 10.1% in August, but this was insufficient to reverse the negative result for the entire year, standing at -2.2% with a volume of [...]

The General Directorate of Climate Change and Environmental Quality of the Generalitat (Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fishing, and Food) and Ciment Català approved, in their working session on September 12, the Aggregate Report for 2023 of the Voluntary Agreement for resource efficiency and transition to a circular economy signed between the two entities. Among the [...]

The Generalitat’s Industrial Observatory has been producing the Annual Report on Industry in Catalonia for over 30 years. The study includes a detailed analysis of the country’s 21 most important industrial sectors. In the study for 2023, Ciment Català has collaborated on the chapter Building materials. The Director of Enterprise and Labor, Roger Torrent, presided over [...]

Cement consumption in Catalonia in the month of June has registered a drop of 1%. With this figure, the accumulated consumption for the year decreases by 2.9%, reaching 1.1 million tons, which leads to the moving year rate being -7.8% and a volume of 2.10 million of tons. For its part, cement production has increased [...]

Cement consumption in Catalonia during the month of May has registered a growth of 0.4%. With this figure, the market variation in the last year stands at -8.5% and a volume of 2.10 million tons. Cement production remains practically identical to that of May 2023, but has accumulated a drop of 6.6% in the last [...]

The Aggregate Report corresponding to 2023 of the Voluntary Agreement signed between the Department of Territory and Sustainability of the Generalitat and Ciment Català highlights, once again, the good environmental conduct of Catalan factories. The draft of the Report, which will be approved soon, confirms that, as in previous years, 100% achievement has been achieved in [...]

The decarbonization of the industrial sector is, currently, a matter of great relevance, since the industry is responsible for a large part of the world's energy consumption and CO2 emissions. This process presents significant challenges, but also opens opportunities to implement new technologies and reduce environmental impact. In this sense, the commitment of the Catalan [...]

After 10 consecutive months of decline (from April 2023 to January 2024), the Catalan cement market has stopped its fall this past February. The 196 thousand tons consumed represent an increase of 5.9% over the same month in 2023, but they only minimally mitigate the contraction of the market in the last year, which has [...]