About us

The Sindicato Nacional da Indústria do Cimento -SNIC (National Union of the Cement Industry) was founded in 1953, with head-office in the city of Rio de Janeiro. It was constituted with the objectives of study, dissemination and legal representation of the economic category “Cement Industry”, considered as the integrated activity of exploration and processing of mineral substances and their chemical transformation into clinker and subsequent milling, in Brazilian territory.
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Industry Data

Cement producer park
94

cement manufacturing plants controlled by 23 industrial groups

Capacity
109,3

Million t / year of cement (2026)

Cement production
67,3

Million tonnes (2025)

Counties
81

Municipalities in 23 Brazilian states have cement plants

Employees
20

Thousand direct jobs

Apparent consumption
67,2

Million tonnes (2025)

Climate changes

The cement industry in Brazil walks side by side with sustainability. Reconciling the development of its activity with the protection of the environment and commitment to society has always been a priority for the sector. This commitment is present since the extraction of the raw material, with measures to reduce the local environmental impact, until the end of the productive process, with the reduction of emissions. To meet these assumptions, manufacturing companies have long been making high investments.

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ABCP

ABCP

Associação Brasileira de Cimento Portland

ABCP: excelência tecnológica a serviço da qualidade na construção. Cimento Portland. História, produção e aplicação; sistemas construtivos; salas de qualidade de produtos; ensaios e controle tecnológico.

Controle de Qualidade
Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento
Treinamentos Técnicos
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Productive Process

Productive Process

Portland cement is a product from a integrated activity of extraction and process of minerals (limestone and clay), the chemical and physical transformation in clinker and its later grinding

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Numbers

Numbers

Productions, profiles, dispatches, annual reports and preliminary results

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Plants in Brazil

Plants in Brazil

Regions and schedules of installation of factories by Brazil

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Associated Companies

INTERCEMENT DO BRASIL S.A. CIA. DE CIMENTO ITAMBÉ CIPLAN - CIMENTO PLANALTO S.A. VOTORANTIM CIMENTOS LTDA. COMPANHIA IND. CIMENTO APODI SUPREMO CIMENTOS S.A. CIMENTO NACIONAL EMPRESA DE CIMENTOS LIZ S.A. MIZU Cimentos Especiais