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The Generalitat certifies that the cement industry in Catalonia reduced 93,000 tons of CO2 emissions by 2018
The effort and investments of the Catalan cement factories for the protection of the environment have achieved, in 2018, a reduction of 93,000 tons in CO2 emissions. This result confirms the success of the environmental policies of the sector, based on the application of the principles of the Circular Economy, and on the recovery of [...]
The cement market in Catalonia maintains an uncertain trend in 2019
The uncertainty about the future evolution continues being the dominant tonic of the Catalan market of the cement in the beginning of the year 2019. The advanced data of the Barometer of the Cement corresponding to February show a consumption of 1.76 million tons in Catalonia in the last 12 months (mobile year). This figure [...]
Offensive by unions and employers against the unjustified tax burden on cement factories
The unions CCOO and UGT-FICA and the employer association Ciment Català, under the protection of Fundación CEMA and CASA Cataluña, are developing an extensive program of meetings with political groups of the Parliament of Catalonia and at the level of ministers of the Generalitat to denounce the unjustified tax burden that can be suffered by [...]
Generalitat and Ciment Català coincide in the diagnosis for the recovery of the sector
The Generalitat and the cement sector agreed on the need to promote public works in Catalonia and also on support for energy policies that are more beneficial environmentally and corporately during a work session held on March 19. The meeting, headed by the Minister of Territory and Sustainability, Damià Calvet, the Secretary of Environment and [...]
The consumption of cement in Catalonia closes 2018 with an annual fall of 1.2%
After 3 consecutive years of rising, the Catalan cement industry has once again entered into a crisis situation. According to the estimated data of the Cement Barometer, consumption has been reduced by 1.2% in 2018 compared to the previous year. The figure contrasts with the evolution of the Spanish market, which has grown by 8.1% [...]
Cycle of meetings with members of the Environment Commission of the Parlament
The Board of Directors of Ciment Català has deployed a program of visits and meetings with the members of the different political parties represented in the Committee on the Environment and Sustainability of the Parliament of Catalonia. This program, initiated last November, is aimed at explaining in the parliamentary headquarters the situation of the sector [...]