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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 [...]
The Voluntary Agreement Monitoring Commission certifies that the Catalan factories achieved 100% of the environmental objectives for emissions in 2021
The Monitoring Commission of the Voluntary Agreement for efficiency in the use of resources, and the transition towards a Circular Economy of the Catalan cement industry between Ciment Català and the Department of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda of the Generalitat has validated that In 2021, the Catalan plants have reached 100% achievement in [...]
Cement consumption maintains its recovery at the beginning of 2022, but the price of electricity weighs on exports
Cement consumption in Catalonia maintains the recovery path of recent months and with an increase of 8.1% in January 2022. It is close to pre-pandemic levels. The 2.18 million tons consumed in the last twelve months are still below the 2.24 million in 2019. The negative part of the situation in the sector is marked [...]
Management and unions of the Catalan cement industry defend the continuity of the Montcada i Reixac factory
The unions UGT FICA Catalunya and CCOO del Hàbitat de Catalunya, together with the Ciment Català employers' association, within the framework of the Cement and Environment Labor Foundation (CEMA), demand that the Generalitat de Catalunya, without delay, resolve the processing in progress so that the activity of the LafargeHolcim factory in Montcada i Reixac obtains [...]
The Catalan cement market recovers in 2021 without reaching the pre-pandemic level
The Catalan cement market has closed 2021 with a growth of 8.2% and a total of 2.16 million tons. The recovery, however, does not hide the fact that pre-pandemic levels have not yet been consolidated (2.23 million tons in 2019), and places per capita consumption in Catalonia (280 kg per inhabitant) 26% below the average [...]