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Lime plants worldwide

A directory of 1,561 lime plants across 23 countries — calcines limestone into quicklime in high-temperature kilns. Capacity, owner, location and CO₂ from open data.

1,561lime plants
23countries
1559with reported CO₂
426.0M tCO₂e/yr total

Top countries by number of lime plants

China: 1,349 facilities1kChinaUnited States: 122 facilities122United Sta…Italy: 24 facilities24ItalyFrance: 12 facilities12FranceCanada: 11 facilities11CanadaGermany: 8 facilities8GermanyFinland: 6 facilities6FinlandPortugal: 5 facilities5PortugalNorway: 4 facilities4NorwaySpain: 3 facilities3Spain

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

Largest lime plants

#FacilityCountryt of lime
1Guangxi Huili New Materials Technology Co., Ltd.China20,000,000
2Changsheng Caichi Co., Ltd., Leping CityChina10,000,000
3Guangxi Liugang New Materials Technology Co., Ltd.China5,400,000
4Huangshi Port Hongxin Materials Technology Co., Ltd.China5,000,000
5Pingliang New Century Building Materials Co., Ltd.China4,000,000
6Xingye Willow Steel New Materials Technology Co., Ltd.China3,600,000
7Rheinkalk GmbhGermany3,561,386
8Zellstoff Stendal GmbhGermany3,505,739
9Shandong Zhongxin Lime Industry (Yinan) Co., Ltd.China3,000,000
10Guangxi Denggao New Materials Co., Ltd.China3,000,000
11Boluo County Guli Calcium Industry Co., Ltd.China3,000,000
12Shanxi Jin Can New Materials Technology Co., Ltd.China2,800,000
13Pingding County Hengyue Building Materials Co., Ltd.China2,800,000
14Mississippi Lime CompanyUnited States2,090,526
15Guangxi River Dolphin Calcium Industry Technology Co., Ltd.China2,000,000

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Frequently asked questions

How many lime plants are there worldwide?
1,561 lime plants across 23 countries are tracked in this open dataset.
Which country has the most lime plants?
China — 1349 lime plants.
What is the largest lime plant?
Guangxi Huili New Materials Technology Co., Ltd. in China, by reported capacity.
How much CO₂ do these lime plants emit?
Together about 426,044,774 tonnes of CO₂e per year (reported facilities).
Where does the data come from?
Climate TRACE v6 — asset-level capacity and CO₂e emissions (CC BY 4.0).

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