Although in November it has only increased by 1.8%, the consumption of cement in Catalonia accumulates a growth of 9.6% during the first 11 months of 2021, to exceed 2 million tons. In year-on-year terms (December 2020 to November 2021 period) the increase is practically identical (9.5%) and places consumption for the period at 2.18 [...]

In its line of information transparency and activity in the defence and representation of the sectorial interests of the associated companies, Ciment Català has continued its institutional action during the last month of November with a round of interviews with representatives of the public administrations. On this occasion, the representatives of the Catalan employers' association [...]

After a few months of growth that had brought it back to the level before the pandemic, cement consumption in Catalonia suffered a slight decline this past October (-1.3%, for a total of 188 thousand tons) compared to the previous year. With this data, the rate for the moving year (last 12 months) stands at [...]

The Secretary of Territory and Mobility of the Catalan government, Isidre Gavín, accompanied by the general director of Ports, Pere Vila, has held an informative and working session with a representation of the companies grouped in Ciment Català during a visit to the facilities of the Alcanar cement factory. The sectoral representatives explained to the [...]

In order to dimension and disseminate the contribution of cement factories to circular economy processes through industrial symbiosis, the CEMA Foundation has published the study prepared in collaboration with the Institut Cerdà Cerdà La aportación del sector cementero a la simbiosis industrial. To reinforce the dissemination and knowledge of this practice, a video on industrial [...]

The high impact of the strong increase in electricity prices in industrial sectors has led Televisión Española (TVE) to record and broadcast a report on the costs and effects that this situation has had on Catalan cement factories. The information, issued for the first time in the TVE News of Friday, October 29, has revealed [...]

The small increase of 3.1% in the consumption of cement in Catalonia during the month of September consolidates the recovery noted during the current year and puts the volumes of activity in the industry at pre-pandemic levels. Thus, in the last 12 months, consumption has reached a figure of 2.17 million tons, slightly higher than [...]

The Boards of Directors Ciment Català and Oficemen and the president of the employer association Foment del Treball, Josep Sánchez Llibre, have agreed to demand from the public powers the compliance and execution of the investments destined to the construction of infrastructures as one of the main formulas to consolidate the economic recovery of the [...]

Despite the fact that during the month of August, cement consumption in Catalonia fell by 1%, the market maintains the recovery that began in the second half of last year and shows an improvement of 8.2% in year-on-year terms. The 2.17 million tons consumed in the last 12 months are close to the volume that [...]

A representation of the Parliamentary Group of Junts per Catalunya has made a guided visit to the cement factory of Sant Vicenç dels Horts (Barcelona) to learn directly about the production process, environmental preservation measures and contributions to the sustainability of Catalan plants in the different stages of cement manufacturing. The delegation, made up of [...]