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The cement industry in Catalonia closes 2024 at a flat level and faces 2025 with the challenge of the roadmap to move towards climate neutrality
Ciment Català forecasts a stagnation in infrastructure investments due to the extension of public administrations' budgets. The boost in consumption achieved during December, with a growth of 15.4% compared to 2023, has allowed the cement market in Catalonia to close 2024 at a flat level for the year (+0.9%). To put the current size into [...]
Albert Avellaneda, new director of Ciment Català
The Board of Directors of Ciment Català, chaired by Salvador Fernández Capo, has appointed Albert Avellaneda Bargués (Barcelona, 1966) as the new director of the organization, a role he has started this week. Until now, Albert Avellaneda has served as the head of the Best Available Techniques (BAT) section within the Directorate-General for Climate Change [...]
Poor data in November returns to a negative rate the consumption of cement in Catalonia
El consumo de cemento en Cataluña durante el mes de noviembre fue de 178 mil toneladas, lo que supone una caída del 9,1% respecto al mismo mes de 2023. Esta cifra devuelve el consumo interanual a una tasa negativa, situándolo ahora en 2,1 millones de toneladas y marcando un retroceso del 2,5%. Mejor han funcionado [...]
Ciment Català and the Generalitat set shared goals to advance towards climate neutrality
The Board of Directors of Ciment Català met with the new Director General of Climate Change and Environmental Quality of the Generalitat, Sonsoles Letang, to advance the establishment of the objectives of the IV Voluntary Agreement. This agreement will primarily aim to promote measures to achieve climate neutrality and contribute to the fight against global warming. [...]
The president of Ciment Català highlights the industry’s progress in reducing its carbon footprint and calls for greater institutional support
The president of Ciment Català, Salvador Fernández Capo, emphasizes the significant progress made in reducing the cement sector's carbon footprint and calls for increased support from administrations to promote the use of sustainable materials in construction. The event, Advances in the Decarbonization of Construction Materials: Cement and Concrete, held at the Escola de Camins of [...]
The strong consumption data in October reinforces the trend toward the stabilization of the cement market in Catalonia
The statistics gathered by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, and Tourism for October position this month as the second best of 2024 so far in terms of cement consumption in Catalonia. The 195,000 tons used represent a 7.1% increase compared to the same month in 2023 and place the annual consumption (summing the last 12 [...]