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cement plants worldwide

A directory of 2,160 cement plants across 141 countries — burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. Capacity, owner, location and CO₂ from open data.

2,160cement plants
141countries
2113with CO₂ estimate
1.6B tCO₂e/yr total

Top countries by number of cement plants

China: 739 facilities739ChinaIndia: 160 facilities160IndiaUnited States: 86 facilities86United Sta…Iran: 69 facilities69IranVietnam: 60 facilities60VietnamBrazil: 57 facilities57BrazilTürkiye: 57 facilities57TürkiyeRussian Federation: 53 facilities53Russian Fe…Mexico: 35 facilities35MexicoGermany: 32 facilities32Germany

Facility counts, Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Browse cement plants by country

China 739India 160United States 86Iran 69Vietnam 60Brazil 57Türkiye 57Russian Federation 53Mexico 35Germany 32Pakistan 31Italy 29Spain 29Japan 27Egypt 26Nepal 24Indonesia 23France 22Iraq 21Saudi Arabia 19Uzbekistan 18Philippines 17Algeria 16Myanmar 16Canada 15Thailand 15Colombia 14Morocco 14South Africa 13Malaysia 12South Korea 12United Arab Emirates 12Kazakhstan 11Argentina 10Laos 10Nigeria 10North Korea 10Poland 10United Kingdom 10Venezuela 10Austria 8Ethiopia 8Ukraine 8Bolivia 7Peru 7Romania 7Tunisia 7Greece 6Jordan 6Mongolia 6Portugal 6Sudan 6Switzerland 6Tanzania 6Yemen 6Zambia 6Australia 5Cambodia 5Chile 5Congo, The Democratic Republic of the 5Czechia 5Kenya 5Kyrgyzstan 5Libya 5Belgium 4Croatia 4Cuba 4Dominican Republic 4Ecuador 4Hungary 4Ireland 4Slovakia 4Taiwan 4Turkmenistan 4Afghanistan 3Angola 3Azerbaijan 3Belarus 3Bhutan 3Bulgaria 3Congo 3Georgia 3Guatemala 3Lebanon 3Mozambique 3Paraguay 3Senegal 3Serbia 3Tajikistan 3Uruguay 3Albania 2Bangladesh 2Benin 2Bosnia and Herzegovina 2Cameroon 2Costa Rica 2Djibouti 2El Salvador 2Eritrea 2Finland 2Honduras 2Moldova 2Niger 2Norway 2Oman 2Qatar 2Slovenia 2Sweden 2Syria 2Uganda 2Zimbabwe 2Armenia 1Bahrain 1Cyprus 1Côte d'Ivoire 1Denmark 1Fiji 1Gabon 1Ghana 1Guinea 1Hong Kong 1Israel 1Jamaica 1Kuwait 1Latvia 1Lithuania 1Luxembourg 1Madagascar 1Malawi 1Namibia 1New Zealand 1Nicaragua 1North Macedonia 1Panama 1Puerto Rico 1Rwanda 1Sierra Leone 1Sri Lanka 1Togo 1Trinidad and Tobago 1XKX 1

Tap a country to see its cement plants — 141 countries.

Largest cement plants

#FacilityCountryt of cement
1Jinfeng Cement PlantChina20,000,000
2Obajana Cement PlantNigeria16,250,000
3Jiangxi Ya Dong Cement Corp Ltd Cement PlantChina14,000,000
4TPI Polene Mittaphap Cement PlantThailand13,500,000
5Sokoto Cement PlantNigeria12,500,000
6National Cement New Beni Suef Cement PlantEgypt12,000,000
7China Resources Cement (Fengkai) Ltd Cement PlantChina12,000,000
8Sichuan Xingchuancheng Cement Co.,Ltd. Cement PlantChina12,000,000
9Sichuan Easun Cement Group Co. Cement PlantChina12,000,000
10Sichuan Esheng Cement Group Co Ltd Cement PlantChina12,000,000
11Ojibawo Cement PlantNigeria12,000,000
12Semen Gresik Tuban Cement PlantIndonesia11,900,000
13Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Citeureup Cement PlantIndonesia11,900,000
14Sungshin Cement Danyang Cement PlantSouth Korea11,300,000
15Lucky Cement Pezu Cement PlantPakistan10,250,000

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Frequently asked questions

How many cement plants are there worldwide?
2,160 cement plants across 141 countries are tracked in this open dataset.
Which country has the most cement plants?
China — 739 cement plants.
What is the largest cement plant?
Jinfeng Cement Plant in China, by listed capacity.
How much CO₂ do these cement plants emit?
Together about 1,563,866,884 tonnes of CO₂e per year from facilities with emission estimates.
Where does the data come from?
Climate TRACE v6 — asset-level capacity and CO₂e emissions (CC BY 4.0).

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