The new regulations and legislation in the matter of waste planned by the administrations, such as the moratorium on new procedures until the preparation of the Plan for the closure of incinerators, or the draft law on prevention and management of waste, make the main cement manufacturers a more than likely relocation of the sector. [...]
Cement consumption in Catalonia during the month of May has registered a growth of 0.4%. With this figure, the market variation in the last year stands at -8.5% and a volume of 2.10 million tons. Cement production remains practically identical to that of May 2023, but has accumulated a drop of 6.6% in the last [...]
The Aggregate Report corresponding to 2023 of the Voluntary Agreement signed between the Department of Territory and Sustainability of the Generalitat and Ciment Català highlights, once again, the good environmental conduct of Catalan factories. The draft of the Report, which will be approved soon, confirms that, as in previous years, 100% achievement has been achieved in [...]
The decarbonization of the industrial sector is, currently, a matter of great relevance, since the industry is responsible for a large part of the world's energy consumption and CO2 emissions. This process presents significant challenges, but also opens opportunities to implement new technologies and reduce environmental impact. In this sense, the commitment of the Catalan [...]
After 10 consecutive months of decline (from April 2023 to January 2024), the Catalan cement market has stopped its fall this past February. The 196 thousand tons consumed represent an increase of 5.9% over the same month in 2023, but they only minimally mitigate the contraction of the market in the last year, which has [...]
The Cambra de Contractistes d'Obres de Catalunya (CCOC) and Ciment Català, represented respectively by the president Lluís Moreno Lasalle and by the director Ana Salgado, held a work session on March 7, mainly aimed at analysing the current situation of the construction sector in Catalonia. The sectoral situation is strongly marked by the lack of [...]
The cement market in Catalonia has started 2024 the same as it closed 2023: with a notable drop in consumption, production and export volumes. The statistics collected in January indicates a 5.8% decrease in consumption, which remains at 171,000 tons and has already accumulated 10 consecutive months of reduction. This figure brings the drop in [...]
The Board of Directors of Ciment Català , headed by its president Salvador Fernández Capo, has analysed the decarbonization process of the sector in a work session with the minister of the Department of Territory of the Generalitat, Ester Capella. The meeting, held on January 31, was attended by Joan Jaume, general secretary of the [...]
The Board of Directors of Ciment Català has appointed Ana Salgado (Barcelona, 1998) as the new director of the entity. Salgado takes over as head of the Group of Cement Manufacturers of Catalonia Alejandro Josa, who has exercised this function in recent years and who will continue as secretary of the Board of Directors. The [...]
A singularly bad month of December in terms of market magnitudes has led the Catalan cement industry to a notable contraction throughout 2023. In the last month of the year, consumption fell by 22.6% and stood at 141 thousand tons, a figure so low that it was only worse in the month of April 2020, [...]