Cement in United Arab Emirates: emitters, CO2 & carbon value

12 tracked facilities, ≈12,386,578 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 United Arab Emirates at a glance

Metric	Value	Note
Facilities tracked	12	with CO2 estimates
Total est. CO2	12,386,578 t/yr	Climate TRACE 2023
Average per facility	1,032,215 t/yr
Indicative carbon value	€933M/yr	at €75.36/t CBAM

📦 Cement is a CBAM sector. EU-bound exports from United Arab Emirates pay the border price on the 2026→2034 phase-in — how CBAM works.

Carbon pricing here: No carbon price. Net-zero 2050 strategy; no ETS yet. Current benchmark: no liquid market price. Full country page: carbon price in United Arab Emirates.

Largest emitters

Top 10 cement CO2 emitters in United Arab Emirates

#	Facility	Owner	t CO2/yr (est. 2023)	Indicative value
1	EMSteel Industrial City Cement Plant	Emsteel Building Materials PJSC	2,288,162	€172.4M
2	Union Cement Ras Al-Khaimah Plant	Union Cement Company PrJSC	2,096,356	€158.0M
3	Gulf Cement Ras Al Khaimah Plant	Gulf Cement Company PSC	1,577,006	€118.8M
4	Al Saajah Cement Plant	Sharjah Cement Factory	1,360,845	€102.6M
5	JK Cement Ras Al-Khaimah Plant	J.K. Cement Works (Fujairah) FZCO	1,218,731	€91.8M
6	Al Banah Cement Plant	Lafarge Emirates Cement Company LLC	864,406	€65.1M
7	Star Cement Ras Al-Khaimah Plant	Star Cement Co LLC	781,108	€58.9M
8	Al Ghayl Cement Plant	Pioneer Cement Industries LLC	610,523	€46.0M
9	National Cement Dubai Plant	National Cement Company PSC	606,822	€45.7M
10	Fujairah Cement Plant	Fujairah Cement Industries PJSC	561,921	€42.3M

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

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FAQ

Questions

How many cement facilities does United Arab Emirates have with tracked emissions?

12 facilities carry satellite-based CO2 estimates in our dataset (Climate TRACE 2023), totalling ≈12,386,578 t CO2/yr.

What is the largest cement emitter in United Arab Emirates?

EMSteel Industrial City Cement Plant — ≈2,288,162 t CO2/yr (est. 2023). Estimates are modelled, not verified declarations.

What would this CO2 cost at the CBAM price?

≈€933M 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.