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New Berrima Cement Plant

Cement Plant in Australia. Approximate location -34.51014, 150.33322.

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New Berrima Cement Plant is a cement plant in Australia with a reported capacity of 1,500,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Boral Cement Ltd. By capacity it ranks #3 of 5 cement plants tracked in Australia. It emits about 292,619 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 68,210 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 46% below the median cement plant.

1,500,000t of cement
292,619t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#26CO₂ rank in Australia
0.20t CO₂ per capacity unit

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1895142.

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عند 1,500,000 t of cement، يكون New Berrima Cement Plant حوالي متوسط cement plant في Australia (1,500,000 t of cement). CO₂ لكل وحدة سعة هو تقريباً 44% أقل من متوسط cement plant. القطاع الفرعي: cement. كـ cement plant، يتطلب حرارة عملية مكثفة (عادة 800–1400°C) لعملياته الصناعية الأساسية — حرارة يجب توفيرها بواسطة الغلايات أو الأفران أو الاحتراق المباشر، والخسائر من خلال الحاويات والأنابيب غير المعزولة تمثل وقود مهدر. يمكن للعزل المعياري القابل للإزالة أن يقلل هذه الخسائر بمقدار 80-96٪، وتبريد الأسطح إلى ≤45°C، مع فترة استرجاع غالباً أقل من سنتين. تقوم مصانع الإسمنت بتسخين الحجر الجيري إلى 1,400°C في الأفران الدوارة — أحد أكثر العمليات الصناعية سخونة — ويجب التحكم في درجة الحرارة بدقة عبر طول الفرن كله.

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What 292,619 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's reported annual CO₂e in the everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

68,210cars driven for a year
38,161homes' annual energy use
4,876,983tree seedlings grown 10 years

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest cement plants in Australia

Birkenhead Cement Plant: 1,600,000 t of cement1.6MBirkenhead…Gladstone Cement Plant: 1,600,000 t of cement1.6MGladstone …New Berrima Cement Plant: 1,500,000 t of cement1.5MNew Berrim…Railton Cement Plant: 1,400,000 t of cement1.4MRailton Ce…Angaston Cement Plant: 280,000 t of cement280kAngaston C…

Reported capacity (t of cement), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Operator

Operated by Boral Cement Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

New Berrima Cement Plant sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 34.5°S in the southern hemisphere.

~11°Ctypical annual mean
~18°Ctypical warm-season
Temperate oceanic: hot summers and mild winters

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

How it compares & nearby sites

The #3 largest of 5 cement plants in Australia by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

Location

Coordinates -34.51014, 150.33322. View on OpenStreetMap.

Heat loss & insulation profile

A cement plant like this runs hot equipment that sheds heat continuously: rotary kiln shell, preheater tower, tertiary air duct & kiln hood, clinker-cooler ducts, valves (surface/process temperatures around 200–1,000 °C). These surfaces lose energy to the air year-round; removable modular insulation cuts that loss, brings outer surfaces to ≤45 °C, and unclips for inspection.

60% of cement CO2 is process calcination - NOT insulation-addressable; energy here is the fuel side only.

Indicative recoverable energy

On an already-insulated site (pipes & valves in cladding / jackets), closing the remaining gaps, flanges and damaged sections and switching to removable covers indicatively recovers about 9,000 MWh/yr (≈ 3,100 t CO₂/yr) — scaled to this site's reported CO₂ within its sector. Bare or damaged surfaces recover several times more.

See Inzonex insulation → Estimate your site →

Indicative, not a measurement. Conservative floor for an already-insulated plant; a TIPCHECK on-site audit gives a measured figure. Industry context: EiiF TIPCHECK — industrial insulation can save ~14 Mtoe/yr in EU, payback typically <2 years.

Safety & the no-regret first step

Bare hot surfaces here exceed the touch-safe limit (EN ISO 13732-1); insulation to ≤45 °C is a worker-safety and compliance win. And before electrification, fuel-switching or CCS, eliminating surface heat loss is the cheapest, fastest, lowest-risk step — audit the bare spots first, rip-and-replace later.

External climate finance your country can access

Domestic energy-efficiency grants are limited here; industrial decarbonisation is mainly funded externally:

Routed via national development banks / accredited entities — not a direct factory grant. Verified 2026.

Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is New Berrima Cement Plant?

New Berrima Cement Plant is a cement plant in Australia. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement.

What is the capacity of New Berrima Cement Plant?

New Berrima Cement Plant has a reported capacity of 1,500,000 t of cement.

How much CO₂ does New Berrima Cement Plant emit?

New Berrima Cement Plant emits about 292,619 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 68,210 cars. That ranks #26 among tracked facilities in Australia.

Where is New Berrima Cement Plant located?

New Berrima Cement Plant is in Australia, near coordinates -34.51014, 150.33322.

Who operates New Berrima Cement Plant?

New Berrima Cement Plant is operated by Boral Cement Ltd.

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