Cement in North Korea: emitters, CO2 & carbon value

5 tracked facilities, ≈2,839,758 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 North Korea at a glance

Metric	Value	Note
Facilities tracked	5	with CO2 estimates
Total est. CO2	2,839,758 t/yr	Climate TRACE 2023
Average per facility	567,952 t/yr
Gross value (full price)	€214M/yr	all tracked CO2 × €75.36/t CBAM ref — before free allocation / EU-bound share

📦 Cement is a CBAM sector. EU-bound exports from North Korea 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 5 cement CO2 emitters in North Korea

#	Facility	Owner	t CO2/yr (est. 2023)	Indicative value
1	Korea Building Materials Sunchon Cement Plant	Ministry of Construction and Building-Materials Industry (North Korea)	1,179,824	€88.9M
2	Korea Building Materials Gomusan Cement Plant	Ministry of Construction and Building-Materials Industry (North Korea)	785,982	€59.2M
3	Korea Building Materials Chonnae Cement Plant	Ministry of Construction and Building-Materials Industry (North Korea)	667,233	€50.3M
4	Korea Building Materials Madong Cement Plant	Ministry of Construction and Building-Materials Industry (North Korea)	157,196	€11.8M
5	Korea Building Materials Sunghori Cement Plant	Ministry of Construction and Building-Materials Industry (North Korea)	49,523	€3.7M

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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FAQ

Questions

How many cement facilities does North Korea have with tracked emissions?

5 facilities carry satellite-based CO2 estimates in our dataset (Climate TRACE 2023), totalling ≈2,839,758 t CO2/yr.

What is the largest cement emitter in North Korea?

Korea Building Materials Sunchon Cement Plant — ≈1,179,824 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 ≈€214M/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.