Korba aluminium plant

Korba aluminium plant is an aluminium smelter in India with a reported capacity of 410,000 t of alumina/aluminum. It smelts alumina into primary aluminium by high-current electrolysis. It is operated by Bharat Aluminium Co Ltd. By capacity it ranks #7 of 20 aluminium smelters tracked in India. It emits about 792,719 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 184,783 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 7% below the median aluminium smelter.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3673074.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 410,000 t of alumina/aluminum ist Korba aluminium plant etwa um dem Medianwert von aluminium smelter in India (360,000 t of alumina/aluminum). Sein CO₂ pro Kapazitätseinheit liegt ungefähr 7% 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 792,719 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 India

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

Operator

Operated by Bharat Aluminium Co Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Korba aluminium plant sits in a tropical savanna climate zone (Köppen Aw), at 22.4°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 #7 largest of 20 aluminium smelters in India by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Korba District · Aluminium Smelter · 189,003 t CO₂
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Location

Coordinates 22.39515, 82.73643. View on OpenStreetMap.

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