Brazil’s cement dispatch declined by -3.5% in 1Q 2024
Brazil’s cement dispatch declined by -3.5% in the first quarter of 2024 to 14.267 Mt, after 14.787 Mt in the first quarter last year and 14.904 Mt in the 1.Q in 2022.
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Brazil’s cement dispatch is in the plus after 2 months
After a YoY decline in the cement dispatch in January by -2.4%, in February the dispatch in Brazil increased in by +3.9% YoY to 4.624 Mt, which results in a plus of 0.6% in the accumulated data for the first…
BTB assits Brazil’s Intercement in strategic alternatives
InterCement Participações informed that during the last few months, the company has received a series of inquiries and expressions of interest in its assets in Brazil and Argentina. The company operates 15 cement plants with 17.2 Mta capacity in Brazil…
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.
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…