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The consumption of cement in Spain falls 17% in 2011
27/12/2011
27 December 2011
The consumption of cement until the month of November has been of 19 million tonnes, what represents a descent of 16,9% with regard to the same period of 2010. According to the current tendency, the Grouping of manufacturers of cement of Spain foresees that to the closing of the year the consumption reach the 20,2 million tonnes roughly, what supposes a fall of 17% in relation to the past exercise. On the other hand, the department of Economic Studies of Oficemen considers that this tendency of descent goes to keep during 2012 given the paralización of the public work and the evolution of the data of houses initiated. In the last 4 years the consumption of cement has reduced 64% and could estimate a fall for the next exercise between the 8-12% that would involve that the consumption would go back to similar figures to the ones of forty years ago.
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