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Data layer · est. 2023

Cement in India: emitters, CO2 & carbon value

160 tracked facilities, ≈163,155,130 t CO2/yr combined — here are the largest, what that CO2 is worth at current prices, and the sector's reduction pathway. Full sector pathway: decarbonizing cement.

The numbers

Cement in India at a glance

MetricValueNote
Facilities tracked160with CO2 estimates
Total est. CO2163,155,130 t/yrClimate TRACE 2023
Average per facility1,019,720 t/yr
Gross value (full price)€12,295M/yrall tracked CO2 × €75.36/t CBAM ref — before free allocation / EU-bound share
📦 Cement is a CBAM sector. EU-bound exports from India pay the border price on the 2026→2034 phase-in — how CBAM works.

No carbon-pricing instrument is tracked for this country on this hub — exporters of CBAM goods to the EU still pay the border price with no domestic deduction.

Largest emitters

Top 10 cement CO2 emitters in India

#FacilityOwnert CO2/yr (est. 2023)Indicative value
1Kesoram Industries Gulbarga Cement PlantKesoram Industries Ltd4,165,911€313.9M
2UltraTech Anantapuram Cement PlantUltraTech Cement Ltd4,123,869€310.8M
3Wonder Cement Nimbahera Cement PlantWonder Cement Ltd3,601,446€271.4M
4OCL India Rajgangpur Cement PlantOCL India Ltd3,196,726€240.9M
5UltraTech Manikgarh Cement PlantUltraTech Cement Ltd2,787,815€210.1M
6Sanghi Industries Sanghipuram Cement PlantSanghi Industries Ltd2,715,361€204.6M
7UltraTech Budawada Cement PlantUltraTech Cement Ltd2,669,018€201.1M
8India Cements Alathiyur Cement PlantIndia Cements Ltd2,583,661€194.7M
9UltraTech Rawan Cement PlantUltraTech Cement Ltd2,511,971€189.3M
10UltraTech Vikram Nagar Cement PlantUltraTech Cement Ltd2,447,589€184.5M

Climate TRACE satellite estimates via IndustryAtlas — modelled, not verified; some entries aggregate clusters. Corrections welcome.

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Same industry, other countries
Cement in China
584,603,392 t CO2/yr
Cement in Türkiye
47,650,818 t CO2/yr
Cement in Iran
42,318,071 t CO2/yr
Cement in Vietnam
42,004,994 t CO2/yr
Cement in Russian Federation
39,542,470 t CO2/yr
Other industries in India
Iron & steel in India
188,820,298 t CO2/yr
Oil refining in India
70,283,893 t CO2/yr
Oil & gas production in India
55,285,907 t CO2/yr
Chemicals in India
43,565,710 t CO2/yr
Aluminium in India
22,562,362 t CO2/yr
FAQ

Questions

How many cement facilities does India have with tracked emissions?
160 facilities carry satellite-based CO2 estimates in our dataset (Climate TRACE 2023), totalling ≈163,155,130 t CO2/yr.
What is the largest cement emitter in India?
Kesoram Industries Gulbarga Cement Plant — ≈4,165,911 t CO2/yr (est. 2023). Estimates are modelled, not verified declarations.
What would this CO2 cost at the CBAM price?
The gross full-price value is ≈€12,295M/yr (all tracked CO2 × €75.36/t CBAM ref). Actual CBAM liability is far smaller: it falls only on emissions embedded in EU-bound exports, and only on the phased-in share — 2.5% in 2026 rising to 100% by 2034 (Reg (EU) 2023/956).
How this page is built: heat-loss figures follow ASTM C680 / ISO 12241 (the method behind our public calculators); facility emissions from Climate TRACE & EU ETS verified data across 30,000+ industrial sites; the 2026–2034 schedule is Regulation (EU) 2023/956, not a forecast. Published by Inzonex Research. Spotted an error? Tell us — we correct on evidence.
Source: Inzonex Carbon Hub — inzonex.co.uk/carbon · prices dated as shown on each figure · schedule per Regulation (EU) 2023/956 · indicative analytics, not compliance advice.