Kaili Alumina Refinery

Kaili Alumina Refinery is an aluminium smelter in China with a reported capacity of 800,000 t of alumina/aluminum. It smelts alumina into primary aluminium by high-current electrolysis. It is operated by Guizhou Qiya Aluminum . By capacity it ranks #40 of 141 aluminium smelters tracked in China. It emits about 1,085,440 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 253,016 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-43765011.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 800,000 t of alumina/aluminum ist Kaili 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 1,085,440 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 Guizhou Qiya Aluminum .

Local climate

Kaili Alumina Refinery sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 26.6°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 #40 largest of 141 aluminium smelters in China by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Guizhou Kaili Rui'an Building Materials Co. Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 805,269 t CO₂
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• Fuquan (Machangping) Coal Chemicals · Chemical Plant · 6,119,777 t CO₂
• Fuxian City Shagou Stone Material Factory (Lime Factory) · Lime Plant · 269,847 t CO₂
• Fuxi Quan Ding Sheng Calcium Oxide Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant · 269,847 t CO₂
• Guizhou Zhengxing Calcium Industry Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant · 269,847 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 26.64537, 107.77094. View on OpenStreetMap.

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