Cement News tagged under: Spain
Ciment Catalá: Catalan cement demand up 5% in 201510 February 2015, Published under Cement NewsThe Catalan cement association, Ciment Català, forecast Catalan cement consumption to rise by five per cent, the first increase after seven years of continuous falls. Ciment Català’s president, Angel Cercós, said 2014 would prove to be another “bad year” for the sector as consumption is estimated to have fallen “between nine and 10 per cent” with demand barely reaching 1.31Mt – far below the 8Mt seen in the boom year of 2007. However, he said that he “had the impression that we have tou... |
Holcim02 February 2015, Published under Cement NewsHolcim completed the purchase of Cemex’ cement and aggregates assets in western Germany along with 59 batching plants in Germany and a further six in The Netherlands, while disposing of its activities in the Czech Republic and two of its Spanish cement works. Holcim is negotiating to sell most of its assets in France and all of its assets in Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia and Canada as well as certain assets in Brazil and the Trident cement works in Montana and certain terminals in the Great L... |
Spanish watchdog carries out preliminary inspection on price fixing allegations26 January 2015, Published under Cement NewsSpanish competition regulator, CNMC, has carried out preliminary inspections over 20-21 January 2015 at the headquarters of various local concrete and cement producers on allegations of potential price fixing. According to the article published in Expansion, if found guilty of colluding to fix prices, the companies could face a fine accounting for up to 10 per cent of annual turnover. |
Spain’s cement demand holds at just below 11Mt in 201421 January 2015, Published under Cement NewsCement consumption in Spain reached 10.79Mt in 2014, largely stable when compared to the 10.74Mt recorded in 2013, latest figures released by domestic cement association Oficemen show. The bottoming out from a steady decline experienced in recent years was helped by the 12.5 per cent expansion of the domestic market in December. Output in Spain’s cement factories increased 5.4 per cent YoY to 13.91Mt from 13.2Mt in 2013. However, in December, inventories fell as production decreased by ni... |
Spain: November demand up, 2014 largely stable19 December 2014, Published under Cement NewsCement consumption in Spain rose 2.7 per cent in November to 902,312t, according to the latest data of Oficemen. The November data take domestic consumption in the first 11 months of 2014 to 10,009,922t, slipping by 0.3 per cent on the previous year’s figure. The cement association expects full-year demand to reach just below the 11Mt mark, similar to consumption recorded in 2013. Although Spain’s market is showing signs of stabilisation, Oficemen president, Isidoro Miranda, said acti... |
Alfonso Conde new COO Cemex Aragon, Spain25 November 2014, Published under Cement NewsAlfonso Conde has been appointed COO of Cemex in Aragon, Spain. His new responsibilities will include managing quarrying operations, the integrated cement works of Morata de Jalon, as well as the company’s Aragon mortar and concrete plants. Mr Conde hails from Madrid and has a degree in Chemical Engineering from the Alfonso X El Sabio University and an MBA in Management of People for the IDE-Cesem Institute of Directors of Spain. He has spent most of his career at Cemex since its incor... |
Spain’s monthly demand advances 5% YoY18 November 2014, Published under Cement NewsCement consumption in Spain increased by five per cent to 1,037,219t in October when compared with the same period last year, latest data from domestic association Oficemen shows. Despite the industry’s recovery still being far off, October’s advance is the second consecutive monthly rise following September’s 6.1 per cent YoY increase. In the first 10 months of 2014, cement demand slipped 0.5 per cent YoY to 9,116,872t. Figures for the rolling year show a 2.2 per cent fall. |
Cementos Portland reports EUR45.3m net loss in 9M1424 October 2014, Published under Cement NewsSpain's Cementos Portland has reported a EUR45.3m net loss in 9M14, a 92.1 per cent increase when compared with the loss noted in 9M13. Turnover fell by 1.6 per cent YoY to EUR406.6m as non-profitable plants were closed, but cement sales were up by five per cent. EBITDA rose 95 per cent to EUR82.6m, fuelled by efficiency measures implemented in Spain and the US, the deregulation of the cement industry in Tunisia, sustained growth in the US and improved emission rights sales in Spain. |
Cemengal launches new Plug&Grind®XL17 October 2014, Published under Cement NewsCemengal has introduced its new Plug&Grind®XL. The grinding concept is the same as the company’s original and patented Plug&Grind® Classic but allows capacity to reach more than 30tph (>220,000tpa) of cement. The Cemengal Plug&Grind®XL This new Plug&Grind®XL grinding station is housed inside containers and takes eight months to deliver – the same amount of time as the Plug&Grind® Classic. Cemengal highlights that a few months after a contract is produced, the first cement will ... |
Cemex Lloseta completes environmental upgrade17 October 2014, Published under Cement NewsCemex’s 0.804Mta Lloseta plant in Mallorca, Spain, has concluded its US$16m environmental upgrade. The work included noise abatement systems, paving roads for heavy traffic as well as erecting covered raw material and coal storage silos. The plant also raised alternative fuel use from five to 35 per cent and installed more efficient burners, effectively reducing CO2 emissions by 3.8 per cent per tonne of clinker between 2006-14. The company now emits some 80,000t of CO2 less than in 2006. |