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El consumo de cemento se hundió en el mes de febreroThe consumption of cement in the month of February has been of 1,2 million tonnes, 32% less than in the same period of the past exercise. The difficulty by which crosses the industry cementera is of such magnitude that it is necessary to trace back to 1967 to find similar figures to which are producing in this last month.
In words of the general director of Oficemen, Aniceto Saragossa, “are living a recrudecimiento of the unprecedented crisis”. Like this, the tax of quarterly variation of the consumption of cement fell to the -27% in the 4º quarter of the 2011 and has followed collapsing in the two first months of this year.
In opinion of Saragossa, “are assisting to a collapse of the demand of cement and therefore of the productive activity in all the sector of the construction. The decision of the Government to reduce the public investment 40% comes to aggravate this situation and will have consequences very negative for the more than 1,2 million workers of the construction. They need measures that promote programs of infrastructures and house that guarantee the future of our activity. We request to the Government that consider the measures proposed by the CEOE and in concrete that take into account the projects presented recently, by value of 80.000 millions, that would translate in an increase of 1,3% of the GDP in five years and would create some 480.000 places of work in two exercises.”
Source: Oficemen.
