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Cement consumption in Catalonia closes the decade with only one third of the previous
Although the closing of 2019 has experienced, after the decline of 2018, a growth, statistics indicate that in the second decade of the 21st century (2010-2019 period) cement consumption in Catalonia has been 21 million tons, a fall 69% compared to the 68 million tons consumed in the 200-2009 decade. This situation has been aggravated, [...]
The Catalan cement industry participates in the Climate Action Summit
Representatives of the cement sector in Catalonia, including the president of Ciment Català Salvador Fernández Capo, have participated in the preparatory work for the first Catalan Climate Action Summit, and have attended the joint event held on January 17 in Barcelona. The summit has been a first meeting point to structure a road map, in [...]
The cement sector promotes measures against the climatic emergency while the market remains atony and exports fall drastically
Despite the clearly negative market context, the Catalan cement industry has launched an ambitious plan of measures to fight against the climatic emergency with a final horizon of 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions for the year 2050 compared to the 1990s. This program of actions occurs at a time when the domestic market shows [...]
The Catalan cement industry invested 3.7 million euros in environmental improvements during 2018
According to a report by the Generalitat, during the 2018 financial year the Catalan cement industry invested € 3,656,883.96 in environmental improvements, mainly focused on the energy recovery of waste, in the reduction of particulate emissions from cement kilns, in the increase in energy efficiency and the decrease in visual impact. In 2018, environmental investment [...]
Exports of Catalan cement factories fall by 18% in the last year
The advance of statistical data of the cement sector corresponding to the month of October 2019 confirms the loss of competitiveness of the Catalan industry, which suffers an 18% drop in exports in the last year, with a total of 2.1 million tons. This will be the fourth consecutive year of declining exports, which have [...]
The Catalan cement industry faces the new economic slowdown without having overcome the previous crisis
Macroeconomic forecasts that point to a slowdown in the national economy, after 6 years of sustained growth of around 3% of GDP, trap the cement sector in a compromised situation. In fact, unlike what happened with the industry as whole, Catalan factories still remain at very low levels of activity, as a result of the [...]