Spain’s cement association, Oficemen, has appointed Víctor García Brosa as its new president. Mr García Brosa is currently deputy general director of Cementos Portland’s managing board. A chemical engineer by training, he entered the cement industry in 2005, when he took up a post in Portland Valderrivas’ strategic planning unit. In 2015 he was appointed director general of the FCC subsidiary.

He will succeed Jesús Ortiz, who will step down after a two-year tenure at the helm of Oficemen.

Mr García Brosa warned of the "uncertainty" that surrounds "the future of the cement industry in the country" in a business-as-usual scenario. "The electrical energy consumed by our cement plants is between 20-30 per cent more expensive than in France or Germany, a situation that now adds uncertainty about the interruptibility of service and new electrical tariffs," he added.