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Ciment Català joins Foment’s claim to carry out the budgeted investments in Catalonia
The Association of Cement Manufacturers of Catalonia, Ciment Català, has expressed its explicit support for the claim made by the Catalan employers' association Foment del Treball for the planned investment in infrastructure to be carried out, and for the pending investments to be accelerated to recover the deficit in investment suffered by Catalonia. The support [...]
The recovery of the Catalan cement market, threatened by the uncertain evolution of production costs, internal demand and the international situation
The recovery of the Catalan cement market that was in sight at the end of 2021 and the beginning of 2022 shows a clear slowdown trend, highly conditioned by factors unrelated to the manufacturing companies. Among them, the evolution of prices (energy, raw materials, CO2 emission rights) and its effect on internal demand stand out, [...]
The costs of thermal and electrical energy, the lack of alternative fuels and the price of CO2 rights sink the competitiveness of the Catalan industry in international markets
The loss of competitiveness of the Catalan cement industry due to the increase in energy, thermal and electrical costs, insufficient access to alternative fuels, and the increase in the price of the right to emit greenhouse gases are most clearly reflected in sales in foreign markets. In the last 12 months alone, the drop in [...]
Coincidence with the Junts per Catalunya parliamentary group in the necessary defense of the Catalan industry
As a representative entity of the sector and defender of the contributions of the industry in terms of activity and quality jobs, Ciment Català has been working intensely for months on institutional relations with different parliamentary groups and members of the Government to request the promotion of policies favorable to the productive sectors of Catalonia. [...]
Ciment Català warns of the risk of relocation of production due to energy costs and the tax on CO2 emissions
The president of the Ciment Català employer association, Salvador Fernández Capo, expresses the sector's concern about the large increase in the price of electricity, which is the variable cost component with the greatest weight in the manufacture of cement. This increase in the cost of KW/h has caused some factories to stop production in recent [...]
Ciment Català participates in the conference “COP26: the keys and the challenges” organized by the Generalitat
A representation of Ciment Català participated on March 2 in the evaluation session of the COP26 in Glasgow on climate change, held in the auditorium of the Palau de la Generalitat. The presence of representatives of the Catalan cement industry is part of the institutional activity of the Association, allowing contacts at the highest level [...]