7th Brazilian Conference on Portland Cement
Over 250 delegates gathered in the Maksoud Plaza Hotel, São Paulo, Brazil, for the 7th Brazilian Conference on Portland Cement (CBCi) between 20-22 June 2016. The conference hig...
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Titan Cement takes US$100m stake in Brazil's Cimento Apodi
Greece's Titan Cement Group has announced that it is to take a 50 per cent equity stake in Companhia Industrial de Cimento Apodi of Brazil. The deal will see Titan invest an est...
Brazil: Votorantim Cimentos de Corumbá cuts water consumption by 60%
The development of a sound environmental management system and employee engagement at work have provided significant changes to Votorantim Cimentos de Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Su...
Brazil: Votorantim takes protective measures
Prompted by the unfavourable environment in Brazil and the decline in cement sales in the country, Votorantim Cimentos has adopted new measures in an attempt to maintain its com...
Votorantim
Votorantim has opened a new Brazilian cement works at Primavera, Para. The plant, which has an annual capacity of 1.2Mt, has cost BRL860m (US$258m) and should be operating at in...
Brazil: Votorantim opens BRL860m plant
Votorantim Cimentos opened its 1.2Mta cement plant in Primavera, Pará yesterday. Votorantim expects the plant to reach 50-60 per cent capacity this year. The new works cost BRL8...
Brazil’s balancing act Premium
Brazil is home to one of the world’s leading cement industries with one of the most modern production bases. A slump in domestic demand, however, coupled with a lack of infrastr...
SNIC president forecasts cement volumes to fall 16%
Jose Otavio Carneiro de Carvalho, president of Brazil's cement industry association SNIC, estimates the domestic market to decrease 12 per cent in 2016, while showing 61Mt over ...
Paraguay: INC faces increased Brazilian imports
Brazil’s current imports of around 400,000 bags of cement is damaging the Paraguayan cement industry, according to Jorge Méndez, CEO of Industria Nacional de Cemento (INC). This...
Brazil: LafargeHolcim opens new production line in Barroso
LafargeHolcim has begun production at a new line in its Barroso plant in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The new line raises the plant's capacity to 3.6Mta. Equipment include...