To produce quality cement for a sustainable development
A glimpse of 2019 events
Contributions to society from an essential construction material
LATEST NEWS
Summit of Catalan Cement Plants for Sector Decarbonisation
On June 19, in an event organized by the Government of Catalonia and Fundación CEMA, the directors of the four Catalan cement plants will take part in the conference Climate Neutrality in the Catalan Cement [...]
Consensus with Minister Paneque on the strategic importance of aggregates
A delegation from Ciment Català, led by President Salvador Fernández Capo, held a working session with the Honourable Minister of Territory, Housing and Ecological Transition of the Generalitat, Sílvia Paneque, to address the industry's challenges [...]
The Catalan cement market remains stagnant at the beginning of 2025
Cement consumption in Catalonia during February dropped by 5.3% compared to the same month in 2024, bringing the annual variation to 0.9% and a total volume of 2.14 million tonnes. These figures confirm the trend [...]
SUSTAINABILITY
Cement is a basic product for the construction of homes and infrastructures. Its manufacture generates employment and activity, and its consumption is one of the main economic indicators of a territory. To make production compatible with Sustainable Development, the Ciment Català associated companies carry out actions and invest in facilities and technologies of environmental nature.
The sector is leader in the application of the principles of circular economy. Building debris or scrap is used as raw material. It is the so-called material valorization, and serves to integrate wastes that, otherwise, would go to landfills. It is also innovative in harnessing energy from waste, based on the experiences of countries as committed to environmental protection as Germany, Holland or Austria.
The manufacturing companies minimize the environmental impacts of their activity and restore the quarries once their exploitation ends, to reintegrate them to their natural environment. In addition, the use of available water is optimized, diffuse dust emissions are reduced, integrated restorations are carried out with native plant species, and blasting is controlled and programmed to avoid vibrations disturbing nearby populations, among other actions.
Material with future
Houses, schools, bridges, hospitals, tunnels, reservoirs, offices, pipelines, streets and roads, sewage plants, industrial buildings, port docks, retaining walls, parks and gardens, stadiums … the list of infrastructures built with cement is endless . This is an essential product in the life of modern societies, without which we would be unprotected or directly incapacitated to develop our daily activities. The applications of cement are endless, even reaching artwork.
