Cement in Iraq: emitters, CO2 & carbon value

21 tracked facilities, ≈12,110,607 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 Iraq at a glance

Metric	Value	Note
Facilities tracked	21	with CO2 estimates
Total est. CO2	12,110,607 t/yr	Climate TRACE 2023
Average per facility	576,696 t/yr
Indicative carbon value	€913M/yr	at €75.36/t CBAM

📦 Cement is a CBAM sector. EU-bound exports from Iraq 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 Iraq

#	Facility	Owner	t CO2/yr (est. 2023)	Indicative value
1	Tainal Cement Plant	Mass Group Holding Ltd	2,002,287	€150.9M
2	Sinjar Cement Plant	Sinjar Company for Manufacturing Cement Ltd	771,751	€58.2M
3	Al Khinaq Cement Plant	Southern Cement State Co	726,085	€54.7M
4	Kirkuk Cement Plant	Cement Manufacturer of Leylan	690,240	€52.0M
5	Najaf Cement Plant	Karcement JSC	667,429	€50.3M
6	Makhmur Cement Plant	Karcement JSC	667,429	€50.3M
7	Saman Cement Al Salman Plant	Saman Cement Co	667,429	€50.3M
8	Chaqzhi Saroo Cement Plant	Lafarge Iraq	666,083	€50.2M
9	Sulaymaniyah Cement Plant	Lafarge Iraq	649,426	€48.9M
10	Bazian Cement Plant	Faruk Group Holding	645,404	€48.6M

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

⬇ This table (CSV)🖨 PDF for management

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Same industry, other countries

Other industries in Iraq

Oil & gas production in Iraq

149,029,689 t CO2/yr

Oil refining in Iraq

3,673,250 t CO2/yr

FAQ

Questions

How many cement facilities does Iraq have with tracked emissions?

21 facilities carry satellite-based CO2 estimates in our dataset (Climate TRACE 2023), totalling ≈12,110,607 t CO2/yr.

What is the largest cement emitter in Iraq?

Tainal Cement Plant — ≈2,002,287 t CO2/yr (est. 2023). Estimates are modelled, not verified declarations.

What would this CO2 cost at the CBAM price?

≈€913M per year at €75.36/t — indicative full-price value; actual cost depends on the EU-bound export share.

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 — manufacturer of modular removable insulation (UK Patent GB2508992.1). Spotted an error? Tell us — we correct on evidence.