# Carbon Dioxide Uptake by Brazilian Cement-Based Materials
## 2 The Brazilian Cement Sector  
Brazil counts 91 cement manufacturing plants (Figure 1) controlled by 23 industrial groups (Table 1) [33] with a capacity of 94 million tons of cement per year (2022) [33]. The cement production and cement sales were 65.8 and 64.7 million tons in 2021, respectively. Further, the apparent consumption was 64.395 million tons in 2021 (Figure 2). Infrastructure building, housing construction work, and property development contributed to the rise by 6.6% year-to-year from the 2020 cement consumption levels. By contrast, cement sales decreased by 3% year-to-year to 63.1 million tons in 2022, according to the Brazilian National Cement Industry Association (SNIC). This is due to the fact that dispatches dropped in the Southeast, Northeast, and South areas, although sales increased elsewhere in Brazil. In addition, exports fell to 0.40 million tons (2022) from 0.47 million tons (2021). However, the sales forecast for 2023 is an increase of 1%, which would result in a mass market close of up to 64 million tons [34]. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{l c c} \hline \hline \multicolumn{1}{c}{**Company**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Cement Plants**} \\ \hline APODI & Pecém—CE & Quixer—CE \\ \hline BRENNAND & Pitimbu—PB & Sete Lagoas—MG \\ \hline CARMOCAL & Pains—MG & \\ \hline CIMENTO BRAVO & São Luis—MA & \\ \hline CIMENTO FORTE & Cabo de Santo Agostinho—PE & \\ \hline CIMENTO VERDE DO BRASIL & Açailandia—MA & \\ \hline CIMENTO ZUMBI & Marechal Deodor—AL & \\ \hline CIMENTOS LIZ & Vespasiano—MG & \\ \hline CIPLAN & Sobradinho—DF & \\ \hline CRH \({}^{\star}\)(Buzzi and Grupo Ricardo & Arcos—MG & Matozinhos—MG \\ Brennand) & Cantagaló–RJ & Santa Luzia—MG \\ \hline CSN & Arcos—MG & Volta Redonda—RJ \\ \hline ELIZABETH & Alhandra—PB & \\ \hline ELO & Currais Novos—RN & \\ \hline ICIBRA & Bacabeira—MA & \\ \hline  & Apia—SP & Brumado—BA & Cabo de Santo Agostinho—PE \\  & Cajati—SP & Campo Formoso—BA & Candiota—RS \\ INTERCEMENT ** (Former & Cezarina—GO & Cubataó–SP & Jiaci—MG \\ Camargo Corrêa Cimentos) & Jacarei–SP & João Pessoa—PB & Nova Santa Rita—RS \\  & Pedro Leopoldo—MG & Santana do Paraiso—MG & São Miguel dos Campos—AL \\  & Bodoquena—MS & \\ \hline ITAMBE & Balsa Nova—PR & \\ \hline  & Barbalha—CE & Capanema—PA & Cachoeiros de Itapemirim—ES \\ [PERSON] & Codo—MA & Fronteiras—PI & Goiana—PE \\  & Itaithua—PA & Itataquéms & Manaus—AM \\  & Mossoro—RN & Nossa Senhora do Socorro—SE & \\ \hline  & Barroso—MG & Caapora—PB & Candeias—BA \\ HOLCIM (CSN) *** & Cantagaló–RJ & Cocalizinho de Goias—GO & Itapeva—SP \\  & Montes Claroas—MG & Pedro Leopoldo—MG & Rio de Janeiro—RJ \\  & Santa Luzia—MG & Serra—ES & Sorocaba—SP \\ \hline MIZU & Baraina—RN & Manaus—AM & Mogi das Cruzes—SP \\  & Pacattuba—SE & Rio de Janeiro—RJ & Vitoria—ES \\ \hline PETRIBU & Carnabá—PE & \\ \hline POZOSUL & Capivari de Baixo\(-\)SC & \\ \hline SUPREMO SECIL & Adrianopolis—PR & Pomerode—SC & \\ \hline TUPI & Carandai—MG & Mogi das Cruzes—SP & Volta Redonda—RJ \\ \hline  & Cantagaló–RJ & Corumba—MS & Cubataó–SP \\  & Cuiabá—MT & Edelain—GO & Esteio—RS \\  & Imbituba—SC & Itajai—SC & Itaï de Minas—MG \\  & Laranjeiras–SE & Nobres–MT & Paulista—PE \\ VOTORANTIM CIMENTOS & Pecem—CE & Pinheiro Machado—RS & Porto Velho—RO \\  & Primavera—PA & Ribeira Grande—SP & Rio Branco do Sul—PR \\  & Salto de Pirapora–SP & Santa Cruz–RJ & São Luis—MA \\  & Sobradinho—DF & Sobradinò—CF & Vidal Ramos—SC \\  & Votorantém—SP & Xambioa—TO & \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular} \({}^{\star}\) In 2021, CRH Brazil was bought by the Brazilian BCPAR joint venture (Buzzi Unicem owns 50% and Grupo Ricardo Brennand owns 50%). ** In 2011, Camargo Corrêa Cimentos was rebranded as InterCement. *** In September 2022, Holcim sold its business in Brazil to CSN (Companhia Siderürigica Nacional). Then, CSN (Cimentos became the third-largest cement producer by production capacity after Votorantim and InterCement in Brazil.  
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