Cement in Zambia: emitters, CO2 & carbon value

6 tracked facilities, ≈2,905,377 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 Zambia at a glance

Metric	Value	Note
Facilities tracked	6	with CO2 estimates
Total est. CO2	2,905,377 t/yr	Climate TRACE 2023
Average per facility	484,230 t/yr
Indicative carbon value	€219M/yr	at €75.36/t CBAM

📦 Cement is a CBAM sector. EU-bound exports from Zambia 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 6 cement CO2 emitters in Zambia

#	Facility	Owner	t CO2/yr (est. 2023)	Indicative value
1	CNBM Kafue Cement Plant	China National Building Materials Co Ltd	1,440,243	€108.5M
2	Masati Cement Plant	Dangote Cement PLC	436,640	€32.9M
3	Chilanga Ndola Cement Plant	Chilanga Cement PLC	360,566	€27.2M
4	Zambezi Ndola Cement Plant	Zambezi Portland Cement Ltd	327,481	€24.7M
5	Scirocco Kafue Cement Plant	Scirocco Enterprises Ltd	307,824	€23.2M
6	Chilanga Cement Plant	Chilanga Cement PLC	32,623	€2.5M

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 Zambia have with tracked emissions?

6 facilities carry satellite-based CO2 estimates in our dataset (Climate TRACE 2023), totalling ≈2,905,377 t CO2/yr.

What is the largest cement emitter in Zambia?

CNBM Kafue Cement Plant — ≈1,440,243 t CO2/yr (est. 2023). Estimates are modelled, not verified declarations.

What would this CO2 cost at the CBAM price?

≈€219M 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.