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A new Annex expands the Guide to the Best Available Techniques in the cement sector in Catalonia
The Department of Territory and Sustainability of the Generalitat and Ciment Català have drawn up a protocol for determining the ammonia target in cement factories in Catalonia, which has been published as Annex IV of the Guide for the application of the Best Available Techniques in the sector. This initiative has been developed within the [...]
The sluggishness of the domestic market and the decline in exports keep cement factories in Catalonia to a minimum
The chronic lack of public works maintains the year-on-year consumption of cement in Catalonia at 2.1 million tons. Provisional statistical data collected at the end of February 2020 confirm the acute crisis in the sector, aggravated by the loss of competitiveness in international markets due to the costs of CO2 emission rights, the price of [...]
The Parliament of Catalonia ratifies the energy recovery of waste in cement factories
Parliament endorses that cement factories make efficient use of waste. In the plenary session held on March 5, the Catalan chamber rejected the CUP's request to establish a moratorium for "all authorizations for expansions of type or quantities of waste and fuel derived from waste with any industrial destination". The rejection of this point of [...]
The Catalan cement market begins 2020 with a 13% drop in January
The provisional statistical advances corresponding to the cement sector in January 2020 show a 13% decrease in consumption in Catalonia, with just over 157 thousand tons. The figure is even worse in terms of production, which drops 25% in the same period, with 180 thousand tons. In the mobile year record (which measures the last [...]
Ciment Català proposes to the ACA and the AMB to enhance the energy recovery of sewage sludge
The activity of defense and promotion of Circular Economy practices in the cement industry in Catalonia has led Ciment Català to deploy a list of actions aimed at generating greater use of waste as a source of energy. In this strategic line of action they frame the meetings of January 21 that a representation of [...]
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, [...]