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4.4 Co-processing Companies
In Paraná there are three large cement companies: Votorantim Cimentos, Cimento
Itambé, and Supremo Secil Cimentos, however only the first two have licensed
furnaces for co-processing. Supremo Secil Cimentos is in the release phase.
Votorantim Cimentos is a Brazilian industry that began in 1933 in São Paulo. It has
a unit in Rio Branco do Sul, Paraná, which was inaugurated 68 years ago and is the
largest cement plant in Latin America, being the first plant in Brazil to implement the
co-processing of industrial waste in 1991. Currently, it receives more than 600,000
tons of waste for co-processing and is making investments for continuous process
improvement. It is located approximately 34 km from Campo Largo’s transshipment
station. Cimento Itambé was founded in 1968, in the city of Campo Largo, Paraná. Its
industry, inaugurated in 1976, is located in Balsa Nova, has a capacity of 2.8 million
tons of cement per year, is also making constant investments to improve its operations.
The industry is located about 9 km from the transshipment of Campo Largo. On the
other hand, Supremo Secil Cimentos is a Portuguese 90-year company, which came
to Brazil in 2003, one industry is located in Pomerode, Santa Catarina, and another,
more modern, in Adrianópolis, Paraná, with a cement production capacity of 1.7
million tons per year. Its unit in Paraná is 40 km from Campo Largo transshipment
station.
4.5 Technical and Economic Analysis and Implementation
Proposal
The technical analysis of the material is validated by a report issued by a specialized
company, in it, all the parameters required by CEMA 076/2009 were within the
required limits (Table 7).
The company Revalore, which is also assisting the city of Campo Largo with the
study of co-processing of MSW, sent a sample of the tailings of the 4 associations to
Table 7 Analytical reports by specialized company
Parameter
CEMA 076—maximum
allowed value (mg/kg)
Analytical results
report I* (mg/kg)
Analytical results
report II** (mg/kg)
Mercury
10
<0.500
<0.500
Selenium
100
<0.500
<0.500
Chromium
5.000
7.93
2.88
Lead
5.000
3.03
3.54
Cd + Hg + Tl
200
<0.500
<0.500
As + Co + Ni + Se +
Te
5.000
4.09
1.41
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4.4 Co-processing Companies
In Paraná there are three large cement companies: Votorantim Cimentos, Cimento
Itambé, and Supremo Secil Cimentos, however only the first two have licensed
furnaces for co-processing. Supremo Secil Cimentos is in the release phase.
Votorantim Cimentos is a Brazilian industry that began in 1933 in São Paulo. It has
a unit in Rio Branco do Sul, Paraná, which was inaugurated 68 years ago and is the
largest cement plant in Latin America, being the first plant in Brazil to implement the
co-processing of industrial waste in 1991. Currently, it receives more than 600,000
tons of waste for co-processing and is making investments for continuous process
improvement. It is located approximately 34 km from Campo Largo’s transshipment
station. Cimento Itambé was founded in 1968, in the city of Campo Largo, Paraná. Its
industry, inaugurated in 1976, is located in Balsa Nova, has a capacity of 2.8 million
tons of cement per year, is also making constant investments to improve its operations.
The industry is located about 9 km from the transshipment of Campo Largo. On the
other hand, Supremo Secil Cimentos is a Portuguese 90-year company, which came
to Brazil in 2003, one industry is located in Pomerode, Santa Catarina, and another,
more modern, in Adrianópolis, Paraná, with a cement production capacity of 1.7
million tons per year. Its unit in Paraná is 40 km from Campo Largo transshipment
station.
4.5 Technical and Economic Analysis and Implementation
Proposal
The technical analysis of the material is validated by a report issued by a specialized
company, in it, all the parameters required by CEMA 076/2009 were within the
required limits (Table 7).
The company Revalore, which is also assisting the city of Campo Largo with the
study of co-processing of MSW, sent a sample of the tailings of the 4 associations to
Table 7 Analytical reports by specialized company
Parameter
CEMA 076—maximum
allowed value (mg/kg)
Analytical results
report I* (mg/kg)
Analytical results
report II** (mg/kg)
Mercury
10
<0.500
<0.500
Selenium
100
<0.500
<0.500
Chromium
5.000
7.93
2.88
Lead
5.000
3.03
3.54
Cd + Hg + Tl
200
<0.500
<0.500
As + Co + Ni + Se +
Te
5.000
4.09
1.41