Cement News tagged under: Oficemen
Spain: demand sees 7% YoY decrease in October 201618 November 2016, Published under Cement NewsCement consumption in Spain fell 7.2 per cent YoY in October to 936,568t, according to the Spanish cement association, Oficemen. For the first 10 months of 2016, cement demand has fallen by 3.4 per cent YoY to 9,328,077t – 324,831t less than in 10M15. Oficemen expects full-year cement consumption to fall by over three per cent. |
Cemtech's 25th Anniversary Conference & Exhibition02 November 2016, Published under Cement NewsCement professionals from over 40 nations gathered at The Westin Palace, Madrid, to celebrate Cemtech’s 25th Anniversary on 18-21 September. Following major events staged in Dubai and Manila earlier this year, this final celebration marked another successful year of growth for the industry’s leading independent cement conference. Delegates settle down to the first morning presentations in the conference hall Cemtech conferences now span the globe, with annual events in Europe, M... |
Spain's cement demand resumes growth15 September 2016, Published under Cement NewsSpanish cement consumption increased 3.2 per cent to 930,593t in August when compared with August 2015, according to the country’s cement association, Oficemen. The developments breaks a five-month stint of market contraction. In the first eight months of the year, cement demand has slipped 2.8 per cent to 7.419Mt. "Data from the summer confirm the sector’s new entry into recession, severely affected by the fall in investment in public works, which has already been noted in the decrea... |
Spain: cement demand down 7.5% YoY27 June 2016, Published under Cement NewsSpanish cement consumption saw a 7.5 per cent YoY drop in May 2016 to 965,465t, according to the latest figures published by Oficemen, the country’s cement association. In the first five months of the year, the domestic market contracted 2.7 per cent when compared to the same period in 2015. Total demand in Spain is 4.47Mt. Oficemen attributes the fall to national budget deficits and the lack of political stability as well as the absence of measures for public works to recover. |
Spain: April cement demand contracts 3.3%23 May 2016, Published under Cement NewsCement consumption in Spain fell 3.3 per cent YoY in April, slipping to 946,329t, according to Oficemen. The latest data bring the figures for the first four months of 2016 to 3,512,140t, reflecting a decrease of 1.2 per cent YoY. Oficemen attributes the decline particularly to public works, which, according Oficemen’s director general, Aniceto Zaragoza, "is being much worse than expected and does not correspond to the approved by government budgets, which means there is a slowdown of... |
Spanish demand up 8.4% in February17 March 2016, Published under Cement NewsDemand for cement in Spain has grown 8.4 per cent YoY to 891,297t in February, according to the latest figures of Oficemen, the country’s cement association. According to Aniceto Zaragoza, Oficemen’s general director, the data are consistent with the association’s forecast for 2016 which expects the cement market to grow by seven per cent. For the first two months of 2016, demand reached 1,638,713t, representing a 3.9 per cent YoY advance. |
Spain: January cement demand falls 1% in January 201619 February 2016, Published under Cement NewsCement consumption in Spain slipped by one per cent YoY to 747,416t in January 2016, according to Oficemen, the country’s cement association. In light of the evolution of last month's data, Oficemen wants to make a fresh appeal to the different public administrations to take into account plans such as Crecimenta 20 · 30, recently released by the cement sector. "It proposed 25 measures to increase production and consumption based on proposals supported by the current context of budgetary r... |
Spain: demand up 5.3% in 201528 January 2016, Published under Cement NewsCement consumption in Spain has increased by 5.3 per cent to 11,408,287t in 2015, according to Oficemen, the country's cement association. Variability in the second half of the year depressed annual growth. Exports have also fallen in 2015 and were 4.4 per cent lower YoY at 9,233,979t. "During these years of hard crisis, exports have been the only lifeline to compensate for the loss of domestic demand. However, it is increasingly difficult for our industry to compete in foreign markets, m... |
Spanish demand to November increases 5%23 December 2015, Published under Cement NewsSpain’s cement market has expanded by 5.2 per cent YoY to 10,573,572t between January-November 2015, according to Oficemen, the country's cement association. In November alone, demand rose by 13.8 per cent to 1,008.789t, helping to boost full-year forecasts. For 2015, the association expects domestic consumption to reach some 11.3Mt, representing an increase of around five per cent YoY. "In line with our forecasts, 2015 it was a year marked by strong volatility in the figures, on a ver... |
Spain: monthly demand up but slowdown noted23 October 2015, Published under Cement NewsSpain’s cement consumption in the first nine months of 2015 increased by 4.8 per cent, but the growth rate decelerated in the past three months, according to Oficemen, the country’s cement association. At the end of June 2015, the market expanded by 8.6 per cent. The slowdown in growth has been attributed to a drop in public works. While September demand posted an increase of 3.1 per cent to 982,379t, the CEO of Oficemen, Aniceto Zaragoza expressed his concern: "We are witnessing with gre... |