Spain: Cement demand in the first quarter of 2020 was 3.14Mt, down by 13% year-on-year from 3.60Mt in the corresponding period of 2019. In March 2020 cement consumption in Spain was 924,000t, down by 28% year-on-year from 1.28Mt due to the effects of the coronavirus outbreak. Agencia EFE has reported that this is the lowest level of demand in any month since the immediate aftermath of the 2008 financial crash. Construction activity has been restricted by a government-imposed coronavirus lockdown since 14 March 2020.
On 23 April 2020 Spain’s confirmed coronavirus case count was 213,024, with 22,157 deaths.