As part of its regular contacts with the various Government departments, Ciment Català held a meeting last January 11 with the minister for Enterprise and Work, Roger Torrent, and the general secretary of the department, Albert Castellanos. On behalf of the Association of Cement Manufacturers of Catalonia, the delegation was headed by the president of [...]
The utilities provided by the cement industry for a material and energy valorization of waste, safe for health and the environment, were the focus of a large part of the work session held last January 10 by a delegation from Ciment Català led by the president, Salvador Fernández Capo and the vice president, Carmen Díaz, [...]
The situation and evolution of the Catalan cement sector and the main current concerns, together with future actions, were configured as the main contributions of Ciment Català to the meeting between representatives of the Commission for monitoring the use agreement sustainable use of resources, the protection of the environment and people's health and the improvement [...]
Ciment Català has edited and published the digital version in Catalan of the work " De Architectura by Marcus Vitruvius _ Pollio , 1st-century BC architect, engineer and writer. This treatise is considered the first book on construction of which there is news. The adaptation that is now coming to light is available online for [...]
Ciment Català has sponsored the international conference Cemtech Europe 2022, which is organized annually by the specialized sectoral portal CemTech.com, and which was held in Barcelona between 2 and 5 October. CemTech is a leading industry conference and exhibition in Europe, and this edition has attracted more than 300 delegates from 40 countries for a two-day [...]
Last September 30, the president of Ciment Català, Salvador Fernández Capo, held a meeting with Lluís Moreno, president of the Chamber of Works Contractors of Catalonia (CCOC), to exchange views on the complex situation for the that crosses the construction sector. The war conflict between Russia and Ukraine, which began in February this year, is [...]
The Catalan cement industry faces the challenge of continuing its activity after the latest market statistics seem to confirm that the expected recovery will not be achieved once the Covid-19 pandemic is over. In fact, during the month of August, cement consumption fell by 1.5% in Catalonia and stood at 160 thousand tons, a figure [...]
In accordance with its commitment to contribute to the economic and social development of the country, Ciment Català has joined the Commission for the expansion of Barcelona airport, set up this September by the employers’ association Foment del Treball. This committee, which has been created with the slogan ‘Barcelona connected to the world by an [...]
Ciment Català has been present at the 6th edition of the Circular Economy Hotspot (CEH), which has been held between September 12 and 14 in the old mining town of Bottrop, in North Rhine-Westphalia. The CEH is the European event of reference in circular economy, where an international public participates in itineraries throughout the territory and [...]
The cost of electrical energy -which, despite government actions, continues to skyrocket- and the exponential rise in the price of petroleum coke (the main fuel for kilns) has generated new concern in the Catalan cement industry. Variable manufacturing costs have grown by 40% in the last year, which is dangerously weighing down business margins and [...]