Cement consumption in Catalonia in the month of August has registered a drop of 11.0%. With this figure, the accumulated consumption of the moving year (last twelve months) stands at -2.9% and a volume of 2.24 million tons, a low amount for the investments in maintenance and new infrastructure that the country needs to be [...]
The paralysis in the construction of infrastructures and the decline in the construction of homes has led the variation in cement consumption in Catalonia to negative figures. The market is falling both in June (-8.7%), and in the first half of 2023 (-5.3%) and in the interannual index (-1%). The lack of execution of public [...]
Ciment Català was present last July 3 at the "Industrial decarbonization: a priority for Catalonia" Conference, organized by the Rovira i Virgili University (URV), the Catalan Institute of Chemical Research (ICIQ), the Eurecat technology center and the Chemical Business Association of Tarragona (AEQT), gathered more than a hundred people in Tarragona. Representatives of the Catalan [...]
Ciment Català was present on June 21 and 22 at the 1st Circular Catalonia Congress, organized by the Department of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda of the Generalitat of Catalonia. It is an annual meeting of the various actors, both from the public and private sectors, committed to the consolidation of the circular economy [...]
Ciment Català participated on June 20 at the Center for Contemporary Culture in Barcelona in the recognition ceremony for the organizations that have joined the Program of voluntary agreements for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) over the last five years. Representatives of the Association of Cement Manufacturers of Catalonia received from the Minister [...]
The commitment to Sustainability of the Catalan cement industry has made it possible to continue reducing the consumption of natural raw materials in the manufacture of clinker and cement. According to the latest data published by the Circular Economy Observatory, corresponding to the year 2021, Catalan factories used 6 million tons of resources from quarries, [...]
At the last meeting of the Monitoring Commission of the Voluntary Agreement for the efficiency in the use of resources, and the transition towards a Circular Economy of the Catalan cement industry, it was reported that in 2022 the Catalan cement industry invested €4.4 M in environmental improvements, a figure that has had an increasing [...]
A few days ago, representatives of Ciment Català attended the Europe Forum on Carbon Capture & Storage (CCUS Fòrum), organized by the Global CCS Institute, which this year was held in Brussels. The CCUS Forum is a platform for dialogue and exchange of experiences and knowledge related to carbon capture and storage (CCS, for its [...]
Ciment Català was part of the Catalan delegation that participated in the 7th edition of the Circular Economy Hotspot (CEH), which took place in Dublin between May 29 and June 1. The CEH is an international event that brings together conferences, talks, tours, workshops and thematic insights on the circular economy to guide attendees through [...]
Cement consumption in Catalonia in the month of April registered a fall of 11.6%, standing at only 169 thousand tons. The variations that are taking place during 2023 in the market, with alternating growth and reductions, are caused by distorting and extraordinary causes, such as the lack of execution of the infrastructures and buildings tendered, [...]