Brazil started with +0.6% in the cement dispatch
Brazil started into the new year with an increase by +0.6% in the cement dispatch. With 4.919Mt in January 2024 compared to 4.891 Mt in January 2023 the dispatch increased by 0.028 Mt, YoY.
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Upgrade of Supremo Secil’s Adrianopolis plant in Brazil
The kiln line upgrade of the Adrianopolis plant in Parana, Brazil, of Supremo Secil Cimentos is progressing. The kiln capacity of the 1.7 Mta plant is expanded to 3900 tpd by FLSmidth, who initially supplied and commissioned the plant in…
Votorantim Cimentos adds 3.0 Mta capacity in Brazil
Votorantim Cimentos announced investment of R5 bn (about US$ 1 bn) in Brazil to expand and modernize its cement capacity by 3.0 Mta and to reduce emissions. The expansions include a new 1.0 Mta cement grinding plant in Salto de…
Brazil’s Votorantim Cimentos invests in solar power
Votorantim Cimentos and Atlas Renewable Energy signed a power purchase agreement for the Luiz Carlos Solar Park, located in the municipality of Paracatu, Minas Gerais. The solar park will have an installed capacity of 787 MWp, of which almost two-thirds…
Brazil’s annual cement dispatch declined by -1.7%
In 2023, Brazil’s annual preliminary cement dispatch declined by -1.7% to 61.973 Mta, after 63.028 Mta in 2022 and 64.861 Mta in 2021. The cement dispatch mostly differs by up to 5.0% from the cement production, due to intermediate cement…
Brazil’s cement dispatch declined by -1.8% through November
In Brazil, from January to November 2023, the accumulated cement dispatch declined by -1.8% to 57.469 Mt, compared to the same period last year. In November 5.260 Mt were dispatched, which is according to the preliminary figures a decline by…
The cement dispatch in Brazil declined by -2.1% by October
In Brazil, in the first 10 month of 2023 the cement dispatch declined by -2.1% to 52.081 Mt. This dispatch includes 0.183 Mt exports, which declined -46.3%, YoY. In October 5.272 Mt of cement have been dispatched, this is a…
Cement dispatch in Brazil in 2023 still in a decline
In the 3.Q 2023 (July to September) the cement dispatch in Brazil declined by -1.4% to 16.7834 Mt, after 16.957 Mt (3.Q 2022). The accumulated cement dispatch in 2023 declined by -2.0% to 46.678 Mt, while the cement consumption declined…
Cement dispatch in Brazil improves after slowdown
In Brazil, the cement dispatch in the first 8 month of 2023 is with 41.707 Mt still -1.3% below the cement dispatch in the same period in 2022, but after the -1.8% YoY decline in the first half, in August…
Votorantim upgrades the Salto de Pirapora plant in Brazil
Votorantim Cimentos has secured a US$150m loan from the IFC to upgrade its Salto de Pirapora cement plant in São Paulo. The investment aims to increase the alternative fuel (AF) substitution rate by installing a RDF facility with 120.000 t/y…