Cement Plant in Chile. Approximate location -32.79061, -71.1983.
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La Calera Cement Plant is a cement plant in Chile with a reported capacity of 1,100,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Melon SA. By capacity it ranks #1 of 5 cement plants tracked in Chile. It emits about 380,474 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 88,689 cars.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-32437360.
Bei 1,100,000 t of cement ist La Calera Cement Plant deutlich über dem Medianwert von cement plant in Chile (750,000 t of cement). Sein CO₂ pro Kapazitätseinheit liegt ungefähr 33% über dem Medianwert von cement plant. Untersektor: cement. Als cement plant benötigt es intensive Prozesswärme (typischerweise 800–1400°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. Zementanlagen erhitzen Kalkstein auf 1.400°C in Drehrohröfen — einer der heißesten Industrieprozesse — und müssen die Temperatur über die gesamte Ofenlänge präzise kontrollieren.
Vergleich von Kapazität und CO₂-Intensität berechnet aus Climate TRACE Industrieanlagendaten; Sektorrolle basierend auf Ingenieurreferenz.
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.
Reported capacity (t of cement), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Melon SA. All facilities by this operator →
La Calera Cement Plant sits in a warm-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csb), at 32.8°S in the southern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #1 largest of 5 cement plants in Chile by reported capacity.
Coordinates -32.79061, -71.1983. View on OpenStreetMap.
Kilns, furnaces, boilers, heat exchangers, valves and steam lines on sites like this lose energy continuously. Inzonex makes patented removable modular insulation for hot industrial equipment:

La Calera Cement Plant is a cement plant in Chile. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement.
La Calera Cement Plant has a reported capacity of 1,100,000 t of cement.
La Calera Cement Plant emits about 380,474 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 88,689 cars. That ranks #7 among tracked facilities in Chile.
La Calera Cement Plant is in Chile, near coordinates -32.79061, -71.1983.
La Calera Cement Plant is operated by Melon SA.