THE INDUSTRY, UP TO DATE
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The Mining Safety Regulation, under debate
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 [...]
Pandemic prevents the retrieval of the activities in the quarries
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 [...]
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. [...]