The effects of the activity stoppage due to the Covid-19 pandemic have been negative for the Catalan cement industry. Consumption in Catalonia has been reduced by 195,800 tons (17%) during the months of March to August 2020 compared to the same period of the previous year, according to provisional data from the Ministry of Industry, [...]
Adapting to the current times and to all the issues that are setting this century, Cembureau has organised the next summit on 13 October 2020 with a single objective: to promote an European green agreement. To celebrate the Europe of the future: to build a green agreement. This is called this summit which will focus on [...]
Speaking about the development of the German cement market, Christian Knell, president of VDZ, says "It has rarely been so difficult to make a forecast as it is this year". Since March 2020 the coronavirus pandemic has created a great deal of uncertainty amongst most people and companies in this country. So far the cement [...]
Continuing the initiative launched the previous year, Ciment Català has published its Activities and Sustainability Report of 2019. The work, in digital format and accessible from any device, includes the activities carried out by the group, and also presents a summary of the magnitudes of the sector in the areas of market, environmental investments, Circular [...]
After the stoppage of activity in the month of March with the decree of a state of alarm due to the emergency of Covid-19, and the gradual resumption from the beginning of May, the cement industry in Catalonia already has the statistical information that allows quantify the situation. During the first 6 months of 2020, [...]
The effects of the state of emergency due to the Covid-19 pandemic continue to affect the Catalan cement industry. Although the statistics are not as harsh as in April (where the domestic market plummeted 59%), consumption has still fallen 7% last May compared to the same month the previous year. The scenario of economic paralysis [...]
"A strong, resilient, durable, affordable, powerful, local, renewable, comfortable product. A product that is progress, is our past, is our present, is our future. Concrete is our world. Our world is concrete". This is how the GCCA (Global Association of Cement and Concrete) describes the properties and benefits of concrete in a spectacular video edited [...]
The stoppage of activity during the first fortnight of April, decreed by the Spanish government at the end of March, has resulted in a 59% decrease in cement consumption compared to April 2019. The little more than 79 thousand tons used in Catalonia represent the lowest monthly data since historical records are available, and places [...]
Despite the health emergency caused by Covid-19 and, in order to be prepared for the full resumption of activity once the restrictions imposed by successive alarm states have been overcome, Ciment Català has developed in recent weeks a continuous institutional action. Among the various actions carried out, contacts at the highest level stand out in [...]
The cement manufacturing companies in Catalonia are demanding from the public administrations a commitment to maintain activity in the Construction sector, understanding that this is the best formula to curb the negative consequences of the health emergency by COVID-19 and, above all, to achieve a quick and complete recovery of the country's economy. According to [...]