Ecoefficiency through technological innovation in the production of artificial pozzolan at Votorantim CimentosÔÇÖ Porto Velho plant

The Porto Velho cement plant is located in Rondonia State, in the Northwest of Brazil. It was designed for supplying cement to the North region of Brazil and, particularly, Santo Antonio and Jirau hydroelectric power plants that are under construction in the middle of Amazon region.

If on one hand the location of Porto Velho is strategic because the region concentrates important governmental investment in infrastructure, it is, on the other hand, unfavorable for a cement plant due to the lack of limestone, which is an essential raw material for clinker production. As a result, the plant has to operate with clinker transferred from other units, which means increasing operational costs. Thus, it is imperative to produce a cement with the lowest clinker content as possible.

Read the rest of the article in the CemWeek Magazine, Issue 26.