Analysis of material flow and consumption in cement ... ScienceDirect
1. Introduction. Over the last century, Portland cementbased concrete has become the highest manufactured product on Earth in terms of volume. Concrete is used worldwide as a building material and is the most consumed substance on Earth after water (Sakai, 2009).The volume of concrete produced globally is approximately billion m 3 per year (Roskos et al., 2011), with more than ...