The Cement and Environment Labor Foundation (Fundación CEMA) has edited and published the Catalan version of the website Observatori de l’Economia Circular a la Indústria del Ciment, which includes, with respect to the original, specific data on the cement sector in Catalonia. The Observatori de l’Economia Circular contains data on the material and energy recovery [...]
The resumption of activity in the construction of infrastructures necessary for the competitiveness of Catalan companies and economy, such as lines 8 and 9 of the Barcelona Metro or the extension of the El Prat airport, among others, was the main conclusion shared by the representatives of the Ministry of the Vice Presidency and Digital [...]
The positive trend of the different indicators of the Catalan cement market is consolidated with the statistics collected during the month of June, which indicate an increase in consumption of 7.2% and an improvement in exports of 16.1% too. With these data, the first semester of 2021 closed with a total of 1.09 million tons [...]
A delegation from the Autonomous Commission for Monitoring the Agreement (CASA Catalunya) resumed the round of visits to the Parliament of Catalonia on July 7 with a meeting with Joan Canadell, president of the parliamentary group Junts per Catalunya (JxCat). This working session is the first that has been held after the renewal of the [...]
The consumption of cement in Catalonia in the month of May has registered a growth of 12%. With this figure, the accumulated in the last 12 months grows 6.3% and stands at a volume of 2.15 million tons. This data, however, is still lower than for the whole of 2019, when 2.24 million tons were [...]
Consistent with the support that it has always expressed in all the initiatives that help the economic and social development of the country, Ciment Català has signed the adherence to the manifesto Yes to the airport expansion agreement with which more than 200 entities claim the expansion of this infrastructure. The entities and economic agents [...]
The contribution of Catalan cement factories in the fight against Climate Change experienced a qualitative leap in 2020 thanks to the increase in energy recovery from waste, which stood at 40.65% compared to 34.97% in 2019. With this Circular Economy practice prevented the emission into the atmosphere of more than 347 thousand tons of CO2 [...]
The first 12 months of the Covid-19 pandemic have caused a 5.1% decrease in cement consumption in Catalonia (April 2020-March 2021 period). The paralysis of economic activities as a consequence of the successive states of alarm and confinements has slowed down the slight recovery from the 2014 lows with a drop in sales that, although [...]
On May 14, 2019, the Generalitat of Catalonia formally declared a climate emergency. Subsequently, on January 17, 2020, the Climate Action Summit was held, in which Ciment Català already participated. Now, in the strategy for a carbon neutral economy promoted by the Generalitat, the list of companies, institutions and other organizations adhering to the Climate [...]
The latest provisional data from the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism confirm the negative trend in the activity indices of the cement industry when the first year under the effects of the pandemic. Consumption fell another 4% in February, placing the interannual rate down 10.2% (1.99 million tons). This means that only 1 of [...]