Lao-Savannakhet Cement Plant

Lao-Savannakhet Cement Plant is a cement plant in Laos with a reported capacity of 1,500,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Lao-Savannakhet Cement Co Ltd. By capacity it ranks #5 of 10 cement plants tracked in Laos. It emits about 615,673 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 143,514 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 14% above the median cement plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-42547341.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 1,500,000 t of cement ist Lao-Savannakhet Cement Plant etwa um dem Medianwert von cement plant in Laos (1,500,000 t of cement). 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.

What 615,673 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 cement plants in Laos

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

Operator

Operated by Lao-Savannakhet Cement Co Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Lao-Savannakhet Cement Plant sits in a tropical savanna climate zone (Köppen Aw), at 16.7°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 #5 largest of 10 cement plants in Laos by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Khammouance Cement Mahaxay Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 722,229 t CO₂
• Lao Cement Ban Nadou Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 774,012 t CO₂
• Sun Paper Holdings Laos Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 6,391 t CO₂
• Zhongyayici Salavan Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 228,618 t CO₂
• SCG Tuyên Hóa Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 659,889 t CO₂
• Song Gianh Cement Tuyên Hóa Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 430,292 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 16.70509, 105.21172. View on OpenStreetMap.

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