Massawa Cement Plant

Massawa Cement Plant is a cement plant in Eritrea with a reported capacity of 45,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Eritrean Cement Works. By capacity it ranks #2 of 2 cement plants tracked in Eritrea. It emits about 16,692 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 3,891 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1896698.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 45,000 t of cement ist Massawa Cement Plant unter dem Medianwert von cement plant in Eritrea (350,000 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 16,692 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 Eritrea

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

Operator

Operated by Eritrean Cement Works. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Massawa Cement Plant sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 15.6°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 #2 largest of 2 cement plants in Eritrea by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Habrenta Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 129,826 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 15.6416, 39.4736. View on OpenStreetMap.

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