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 [...]
The XII update of the Observatory of the Circular Economy of the Spanish cement industry confirms that the sector continues to be one of the main "recyclers" in the country and the best alternative to sending it to landfill, where 52% of municipal waste still ends up annually. The cement industry has recovered almost 60 [...]
The need to extend the catalogue and the quantities of alternative fuels for cement factories, the path to achieve climate neutrality in 2050 or the Generalitat's drive for building the infrastructure that the country needs are the themes that focused the working session that a representation of the Ciment Català held on 28 June with [...]
After summer, the National Institute of Silicosis (INS) will publish a guide to promote knowledge about the impact of silica emissions, how to control and minimize them and compliance with legal regulations. This initiative is the result of the contributions of professionals, businessmen and technical experts related to the extraction activities sector. During the Technical [...]
The Mining Safety Table in Catalonia has analyzed, in its last meeting on June 3, the draft of the new Mining Safety Regulation and Complementary Technical Instructions (ITC), a regulation that must regulate the preventive actions of the mining companies of in accordance with the Occupational Risk Prevention Law. Among the points that should provoke [...]
The full recovery of the restoration activity on mining farms in Catalonia will have to wait. During the last meeting of the Consejo Asesor de Áridos de Cataluña, online on 30 May, it became clear how the Covid-19 pandemic continued to prevent the achievement of previous work volumes in 2021. Thus, for example, only 4 [...]