In line with its commitment to the economic and social development of the territory, Ciment Català participated in the meeting held by the Commission for the Expansion of Barcelona Airport on October 23. The working group presented its conclusions at this meeting, after more than a year of meetings of 29 public commissions, with a [...]

Last October 3, representatives of the General Directorate of Industry of the Generalitat and Ciment Català met to discuss the current situation of the cement sector in Catalonia and its main concerns, largely related to the decarbonisation of the sector and its Roadmap 2050 to achieve it. On behalf of the Generalitat, the general director [...]

For the 6th consecutive month, September has recorded negative cement consumption in Catalonia and a volume of only 156 thousand tons. This data confirms the year-on-year decrease, which now places the market at 2.21 million tons and a reduction of 3.8% compared to the previous 12 months. The accumulated statistics highlight the lack of investment [...]

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 [...]