Guiyang Qingzhen Alumina Refinery

Guiyang Qingzhen Alumina Refinery is an aluminium smelter in China with a reported capacity of 2,177,240 t of alumina/aluminum. It smelts alumina into primary aluminium by high-current electrolysis. It is operated by Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd. By capacity it ranks #19 of 141 aluminium smelters tracked in China. It emits about 2,954,079 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 688,597 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 35% below the median aluminium smelter.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-43764997.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 2,177,240 t of alumina/aluminum ist Guiyang Qingzhen Alumina Refinery deutlich über dem Medianwert von aluminium smelter in China (372,000 t of alumina/aluminum). Sein CO₂ pro Kapazitätseinheit liegt ungefähr 26% unter dem Medianwert von aluminium smelter. Untersektor: aluminum. Als aluminium smelter benötigt es intensive Prozesswärme (typischerweise 600–900°C) für seinen Kernbetrieb — Wärme, die durch Dampfkessel, Öfen oder direkte Verbrennung geliefert werden muss, und Verluste durch ungedämmte Behälter und Rohrleitungen stellen verschwendeten Brennstoff dar. Modulare abnehmbare Dämmung kann diese Verluste um 80–96% senken, Oberflächen auf ≤45°C kühlen, mit Amortisationszeiten oft unter 2 Jahren. Aluminiumhütten nutzen große Elektroströme, um Tonerde in geschmolzenes Aluminium über 900°C zu raffinieren, und das heiße Metall muss durch Tiegel und Gießausrüstung fließen.

Vergleich von Kapazität und CO₂-Intensität berechnet aus Climate TRACE Industrieanlagendaten; Sektorrolle basierend auf Ingenieurreferenz.

What 2,954,079 t CO₂e a year looks like

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

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

Capacity vs largest aluminium smelters in China

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

Operator

Operated by Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Guiyang Qingzhen Alumina Refinery sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate zone (Köppen Cwa), at 26.8°N in the northern hemisphere.

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

How it compares & nearby sites

The #19 largest of 141 aluminium smelters in China by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

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• Huaxi Calcium Industry Co., Ltd. In Qingzhen City, Guizhou Province · Lime Plant · 269,847 t CO₂
• Guizhou Huiyuan Hengda New Materials Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant · 263,386 t CO₂
• Guiyang Conch Panjiang Cement Co Ltd Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 2,968,439 t CO₂
• Guizhou Southwest United New Material Technology Co Ltd Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 540,098 t CO₂
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Location

Coordinates 26.7949, 106.27339. View on OpenStreetMap.

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