Cement Energy Environment

36 SNIC / Cimento.org From 2003 to 2014, Brazil’s annual consumption of cement practically doubled, reaching a record consumption of 72 million tons in the last year. During this same period, there were significant investments in expansion of installed capacity, reaching currently around 100 million tons per year. Since 2015 the country faced a serious political-economic crisis, culminating in the worst crisis that the Brazilian cement industry has ever faced, with a cumulative drop in production of 25% till 2018 when the idleness reached 48,3%. In 2020 cement sales reached 60,5 million t, still with a idleness of +-40%. Consumption 2014 (72,7 Mt), 2018 (52,9 Mt), 2020 (60,6 Mt) Production and Consumption Integrated units Grinding units