Cement consumption in Catalonia during February dropped by 5.3% compared to the same month in 2024, bringing the annual variation to 0.9% and a total volume of 2.14 million tonnes. These figures confirm the trend of stagnation in the domestic market observed over the past year. At the same time, while production recorded a 10% [...]
The Board of Directors of Ciment Català, chaired by Salvador Fernández Capo, met on February 18 with Jordi Sargatal, Secretary for Ecological Transition of the Department of Territory, Housing and Ecological Transition of the Government of Catalonia, to define the basis for what will be the fourth edition of the Voluntary Agreement. This agreement between [...]
Ciment Català forecasts a stagnation in infrastructure investments due to the extension of public administrations' budgets. The boost in consumption achieved during December, with a growth of 15.4% compared to 2023, has allowed the cement market in Catalonia to close 2024 at a flat level for the year (+0.9%). To put the current size into [...]
A delegation from Ciment Català, led by President Salvador Fernández Capo, held a working session last week with Jaume Baró, Secretary of Business and Competitiveness of the Generalitat of Catalonia. During the meeting, both parties assessed public infrastructure construction and maintenance projects as a suitable strategy both to enhance the country's competitiveness and to revitalize [...]
The Board of Directors of Ciment Català, chaired by Salvador Fernández Capo, has appointed Albert Avellaneda Bargués (Barcelona, 1966) as the new director of the organization, a role he has started this week. Until now, Albert Avellaneda has served as the head of the Best Available Techniques (BAT) section within the Directorate-General for Climate Change [...]
El consumo de cemento en Cataluña durante el mes de noviembre fue de 178 mil toneladas, lo que supone una caída del 9,1% respecto al mismo mes de 2023. Esta cifra devuelve el consumo interanual a una tasa negativa, situándolo ahora en 2,1 millones de toneladas y marcando un retroceso del 2,5%. Mejor han funcionado [...]
The Board of Directors of Ciment Català met with the new Director General of Climate Change and Environmental Quality of the Generalitat, Sonsoles Letang, to advance the establishment of the objectives of the IV Voluntary Agreement. This agreement will primarily aim to promote measures to achieve climate neutrality and contribute to the fight against global warming. [...]
The president of Ciment Català, Salvador Fernández Capo, emphasizes the significant progress made in reducing the cement sector's carbon footprint and calls for increased support from administrations to promote the use of sustainable materials in construction. The event, Advances in the Decarbonization of Construction Materials: Cement and Concrete, held at the Escola de Camins of [...]
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 [...]