Spain’s construction aggregate consumption down 35% in 2012

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.