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El año 2014 se inicia con otra importante caída en el consumo de cementoThe year 2014 initiates with another important fall in the consumption of cement
18 February 2014
The consumption of cement in Spain has fallen again in January 13,6%, situating in 764.011 tonnes, 120.420 tonnes less than does a year. According to the accumulated of the mobile year, in the last twelve months the consumption has reduced in our country 18,7%, what supposes a fall of two millions and half of tonnes.
The year begins therefore without indications of recovery, what indicates, as it foresaw Oficemen to the closing of the previous exercise, that the sector of the construction in general and the one of the cement in particular, will not live a change of tendency in 2014. The result has been even worse that the planned, since the department of studies of Oficemen stirred in December a fall for 2014 from among a 7 and 8%, data that has seen almost duplicated with the descent of the consumption observed in the first month of the year.
Evolution of the consumption of cement in Spain in the month of January (in million tolenadas).
