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Conjuncture | Building materials business down in the first quarter of 2023 In response to a persistent inflationary environment (resulting from tensions over energy, raw materials, food and wages), central banks have initiated a cycle of interest rate hikes which, to date, have not probably hasn't come to an end yet. -
Conjuncture | The building materials business experienced a sharp decline in the start of 2023 compared to 2022 In just three years, the building materials sector (just like many other sectors) has had to deal with the accumulation of major shocks: two years after the start of the COVID19 pandemic and the first sanitary confinement, the Ukrainian conflict has once again tested the productive structures, adding to the existing supply tensions an energy supply crisis. -
Conjuncture | Construction materials in the turmoil of uncertainties at the start of autumn The economic outlook for the French economy has darkened over the months: supply difficulties, initially linked to post-COVID recovery tensions on supplies and recruitment, have been compounded by the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and a crisis major energy sector which, by fueling inflation, is gradually eroding incomes and demand prospects. -
Conjuncture | The building materials activity remained in decline this summer The multiplication of exogenous shocks (health with COVID and its successive confinements, geopolitics with the Ukrainian conflict and its deleterious effects in terms of energy supply, climate with the drought this summer and its impact on agricultural production, etc.) has contributed in recent months to maintain significant pressure on production processes and to weigh on growth, while fueling inflation. -
Organization News | UNICEM committed companies: 30 years of commitment to sustainable development in the quarry and building materials sector UNICEM entreprisesengages, the association that carries CSR initiatives in the quarry and building materials sector, organized its general meeting on September 15, 2022 around the theme - Crossed perspectives "30 years of commitments, and now?", led by Nicholas Rossignol. -
Conjuncture | Building materials activity recorded a sharp decline in April The signs of a downturn in activity are confirmed in construction materials as in the rest of the economy. The rebound period that followed the lifting of post-pandemic health restrictions seems to have come to an end with the outbreak of the Ukrainian conflict, which further accentuated the supply difficulties already present.
