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Cement consumption recovers after confinement, but still falls 7% in May
The effects of the state of emergency due to the Covid-19 pandemic continue to affect the Catalan cement industry. Although the statistics are not as harsh as in April (where the domestic market plummeted 59%), consumption has still fallen 7% last May compared to the same month the previous year. The scenario of economic paralysis [...]
Available the Catalan version of the GCCA video on the properties and benefits of concrete
"A strong, resilient, durable, affordable, powerful, local, renewable, comfortable product. A product that is progress, is our past, is our present, is our future. Concrete is our world. Our world is concrete". This is how the GCCA (Global Association of Cement and Concrete) describes the properties and benefits of concrete in a spectacular video edited [...]
Cement consumption falls 59% in April
The stoppage of activity during the first fortnight of April, decreed by the Spanish government at the end of March, has resulted in a 59% decrease in cement consumption compared to April 2019. The little more than 79 thousand tons used in Catalonia represent the lowest monthly data since historical records are available, and places [...]
Ciment Català enhances its institutional activity despite the health emergency
Despite the health emergency caused by Covid-19 and, in order to be prepared for the full resumption of activity once the restrictions imposed by successive alarm states have been overcome, Ciment Català has developed in recent weeks a continuous institutional action. Among the various actions carried out, contacts at the highest level stand out in [...]
The cement industry proposes to maintain the activity in Construction as the formula to recover the economy
The cement manufacturing companies in Catalonia are demanding from the public administrations a commitment to maintain activity in the Construction sector, understanding that this is the best formula to curb the negative consequences of the health emergency by COVID-19 and, above all, to achieve a quick and complete recovery of the country's economy. According to [...]
The cement sector ensures supply during the health emergency
The four cement companies associated with Ciment Català maintain their activity to ensure the supply of product during the health emergency situation caused by COVID-19. The Catalan cement industry, which has the most up-to-date technology, is prepared to face the crisis scenario, and has implemented protection protocols for its employees, which include teleworking in all [...]