The Catalan cement industry has reiterated its desire for excellence in environmental management and is positioned as a benchmark in the prevention and control of emissions. Violeta Vargas, of the Technical Services of Ciment Català, presented the results that endorse this commitment during the Technical Conference on the situation of the integrated environmental inspection and [...]
The tax burden on the Catalan cement factories has been the subject of debate at the meeting that representatives of the sector held last April 15 with the Secretary of Finance (and president of the Tax Agency of Catalonia), Marta Espasa, and the Director General of Tributes of the Generalitat, Natàlia Caba. Managers of the [...]
Generalitat and the cement industry coincide in promoting the principles and practices of the Circular Economy as the production methodology that is more respectful with the Environment. This has become clear again in the last meetings held, in which Mercè Rius (General Director of Environmental Quality and Climate Change), Josep Maria Tost (director of the [...]
One month of March without rains or without Holy Week has generated a 19.4% increase in cement consumption in Catalonia, according to the advanced data from the Cement Barometer. Despite this high monthly figure, the domestic market only grew by 3.9% during the first quarter of 2019. The changes of recent times do not allow [...]
The members of the Autonomous Committee for Monitoring the Agreement on Sustainable Use of Resources in Catalonia (CASA) have agreed to offer political groups and government officials visits to cement factories to show their commitment to transparency, sustainable development and innovation. They also agree to organize, with the leading of CEMA Foundation, meetings with the [...]
The effort and investments of the Catalan cement factories for the protection of the environment have achieved, in 2018, a reduction of 93,000 tons in CO2 emissions. This result confirms the success of the environmental policies of the sector, based on the application of the principles of the Circular Economy, and on the recovery of [...]
The uncertainty about the future evolution continues being the dominant tonic of the Catalan market of the cement in the beginning of the year 2019. The advanced data of the Barometer of the Cement corresponding to February show a consumption of 1.76 million tons in Catalonia in the last 12 months (mobile year). This figure [...]
The unions CCOO and UGT-FICA and the employer association Ciment Català, under the protection of Fundación CEMA and CASA Cataluña, are developing an extensive program of meetings with political groups of the Parliament of Catalonia and at the level of ministers of the Generalitat to denounce the unjustified tax burden that can be suffered by [...]
The Generalitat and the cement sector agreed on the need to promote public works in Catalonia and also on support for energy policies that are more beneficial environmentally and corporately during a work session held on March 19. The meeting, headed by the Minister of Territory and Sustainability, Damià Calvet, the Secretary of Environment and [...]
After 3 consecutive years of rising, the Catalan cement industry has once again entered into a crisis situation. According to the estimated data of the Cement Barometer, consumption has been reduced by 1.2% in 2018 compared to the previous year. The figure contrasts with the evolution of the Spanish market, which has grown by 8.1% [...]