Demand falls in Spain

According to Oficemen, cement consumption in Spain totalled 1.7million tonnes during September 2011, which represents a 19.8% decrease compared to the same period in 2010. Consumption levels have dropped in the last six months after showing signs of a slight recovery at the start of 2011. Other figures show that clinker production dropped 28.6%, while cement production fell 20.3% to 1.8million tonnes. Year-on-year figures show that cement production dropped 12.8% to 23.6million tonnes, while consumption wen

Cement consumption in Spain grew by an encouraging 5% in October 2014, compared with the year-ago period, to reach 1.037 million tonnes. And Oficemen, the Spanish cement manufacturers association, believe national cement consumption could grow by double figures in 2015. The October cement consumption figure and the upbeat forecast for 2015 is a big contrast to Spain’s cement consumption figure for the January 1 to October 31 period, when consumption fell 0.5%, putting the sector's figures at their lowest le

Cement consumption in Spain during the first three months of 2012 sank to the lowest level since 1966.
Consumption between 1 January and 31 March was down 31.3% compared to the same period of 2011. According to the cement producers' association, Oficemen, the industry faces a harsh future, with Spain once again in recession. The other industries depending on the cement sector will also suffer, said Oficemen. Other figures revealed that during the first quarter of 2012, unemployment in the construction indu

Demand for cement in Spain has been tipped to drop by 33% by the end of 2012 to some 13 million tonnes – which will be the fifth successive double-digit annual drop. Spanish cement producers' association Oficemen also forecast that demand in 2013 will fall a further 20%, to levels akin to those in Ecuador and Morocco. The latest forecast for 2012 is worst that all previous ones given by Oficemen, who originally expected a 12% drop in demand by the end of the year. Some firms are said to be considering dism

Oficemen, the Spanish organisation that represents a sector that is leader in the production of clinker and cement, is reported as saying cement consumption in the country dropped in April.

The 3.3% drop to 946,329tonnes follows the 1.2% drop to 3.5 million tonnes for the combined January-April period in 2016.

The association says that with a decrease of some 30% in the tendering of civil works in Q1, 2016 compared to 2015, and an 18% drop in exports in April, the outlook is not optimistic.