This news article was originally written in Spanish. It has been automatically translated for your convenience. Reasonable efforts have been made to provide an accurate translation, however, no automated translation is perfect nor is it intended to replace a human translator. The original article in Spanish can be viewed at El consumo de cemento desciende un 15,6% en enero
The consumption of cement down 15.6 per cent in January
19/02/2010
February 19, 2010
Spanish cement sector has started the year with negative figures in their results. This construction material consumption reached in January 1.6 million tonnes, representing a decrease of 15.6% compared with the month of January of the previous year. Weather conditions have been able to influence that this decrease is more pronounced.
The production of cement factories down 12.3% in January, reaching 1.6 million tons. For its part, the production of clinker, necessary intermediate product for the manufacture of cement, recorded in the same period a further decline, and 1.3 per cent million tonnes its fall represents 19.5%.
