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Catalan factories achieve 41% energy substitution and avoid the emission of 347 thousand tons of CO2 from fossil fuels
The contribution of Catalan cement factories in the fight against Climate Change experienced a qualitative leap in 2020 thanks to the increase in energy recovery from waste, which stood at 40.65% compared to 34.97% in 2019. With this Circular Economy practice prevented the emission into the atmosphere of more than 347 thousand tons of CO2 [...]
Balance of a pandemic year: cement consumption in Catalonia falls by 5.1%
The first 12 months of the Covid-19 pandemic have caused a 5.1% decrease in cement consumption in Catalonia (April 2020-March 2021 period). The paralysis of economic activities as a consequence of the successive states of alarm and confinements has slowed down the slight recovery from the 2014 lows with a drop in sales that, although [...]
Ciment Català, entity adhered to the climate action commitments promoted by the Generalitat
On May 14, 2019, the Generalitat of Catalonia formally declared a climate emergency. Subsequently, on January 17, 2020, the Climate Action Summit was held, in which Ciment Català already participated. Now, in the strategy for a carbon neutral economy promoted by the Generalitat, the list of companies, institutions and other organizations adhering to the Climate [...]
The domestic market only consumes half of the cement produced in Catalonia
The latest provisional data from the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism confirm the negative trend in the activity indices of the cement industry when the first year under the effects of the pandemic. Consumption fell another 4% in February, placing the interannual rate down 10.2% (1.99 million tons). This means that only 1 of [...]
Ciment Català adheres to the Manifesto “Enough, let’s focus on recovery”
The Grouping of Cement Manufacturers of Catalonia (Ciment Català), together with more than 300 other entities, has adhered to the Manifesto It’s enough, let's focus on the recovery promoted by the economic, cultural and social world of Catalonia to condemn acts of vandalism of the last weeks and in defense of imminent solutions that help [...]
Cement consumption maintains its negative trend at the beginning of 2021
The beginning of 2021 has not changed the negative trend that the Catalan cement industry is experiencing. The provisional data for the month of January show a new market drop (-4.7%) with a total of only 146 thousand tons used, the lowest monthly figure in the last 2 years if March and April of last [...]