Spain’s construction aggregate consumption down 35% in 2012

In 2014, demand of aggregates in Spain decreased by 1.8% on the previous year and reached an all-time low of 90.1 million tonnes.
Since 2006, demand for aggregates in Spain decreased by 81.4%.
The Spanish association Anefa said that 2014 was a flat year for the industry, but in 2015 the association expects for demand of aggregates to rise by 5% to 100 million tonnes.
In terms of business volume, the sector ended 2014 with a total of €410 million, after a 85% cumulative drop since 2007.
At the same time,

Cement usage in Spain during 2013 will have dropped 20% to below the 11 million tonnes mark, according to figures from sector association Oficemen, taking the accumulated drop in the last six years to 80%.

There is already a forecast that in 2014 there will be further drops of around 7% or 8% to around 10 million tonnes, making the consumption per head just 220kg, levels last seen in 1962.

At the end of November 2013, consumption was at just 10.2 million tonnes, which is 20% down on a year earlier and

Demand for aggregates in Spain was down 14.6% in 2010 on the previous year at 207million tonnes, according to Spanish aggregates association, ANEFA. Demand fell back to levels last seen in 1992 from a high in 2006 of 485million tonnes due to the economic crisis. ANEFA reported that the 57.2% drop since 2006 has resulted in 6000 job losses in the industry.

According to Infocemento figures, cement consumption in Spain totalled 14.5million tonnes during the first eight months of 2011, which represents a 13.3% decrease compared to the same period in 2010. Cement production in this period dropped 12.4% to 15.7million tonnes, while exports remained at similar levels to 2010 (2.7million tonnes) and imports dropped 37.6%. Figures for August 2011 alone show that consumption dropped 16.5% to 1.7million tonnes, and production went down 23.5% to 1.8million tonnes.

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

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