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Cement consumption in Catalonia stabilizes, reaching 2.1 million tons in the past year
Cement consumption in Catalonia in September recorded a slight drop of 0.6%, bringing the year-on-year rate to -4.3% and a volume of 2.1 million tons. These figures confirm the trend towards market stabilization in Catalonia, which, since March, has hovered around this level of consumption, halting a decline that began in November 2022, when annual [...]
Cement consumption falls by 10% in August and accumulates a 6% decline over the past year
Cement consumption in Catalonia in August experienced a new decline of 10.1%, bringing the year-on-year rate to a decrease of 5.9%, with a volume of only 2.1 million tons. Production increased by 10.1% in August, but this was insufficient to reverse the negative result for the entire year, standing at -2.2% with a volume of [...]
The energy recovery from waste in cement factories prevented the emission of 339,000 tons of CO₂ in 2023
The General Directorate of Climate Change and Environmental Quality of the Generalitat (Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fishing, and Food) and Ciment Català approved, in their working session on September 12, the Aggregate Report for 2023 of the Voluntary Agreement for resource efficiency and transition to a circular economy signed between the two entities. Among the [...]
The Generalitat presents the annual report on industry in Catalonia 2023, in which Ciment Català has participated
The Generalitat’s Industrial Observatory has been producing the Annual Report on Industry in Catalonia for over 30 years. The study includes a detailed analysis of the country’s 21 most important industrial sectors. In the study for 2023, Ciment Català has collaborated on the chapter Building materials. The Director of Enterprise and Labor, Roger Torrent, presided over [...]
Cement consumption in Catalonia closes the first half of the year with a drop of 2.9%
Cement consumption in Catalonia in the month of June has registered a drop of 1%. With this figure, the accumulated consumption for the year decreases by 2.9%, reaching 1.1 million tons, which leads to the moving year rate being -7.8% and a volume of 2.10 million of tons. For its part, cement production has increased [...]
Cement consumption in Catalonia falls by 8.5% during the last year
Cement consumption in Catalonia during the month of May has registered a growth of 0.4%. With this figure, the market variation in the last year stands at -8.5% and a volume of 2.10 million tons. Cement production remains practically identical to that of May 2023, but has accumulated a drop of 6.6% in the last [...]