Myanmar Conch Cement (Alpha Cement) Cement Plant

Myanmar Conch Cement (Alpha Cement) Cement Plant is a cement plant in Myanmar with a reported capacity of 1,825,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Myanmar Conch Cement Co Ltd. By capacity it ranks #3 of 16 cement plants tracked in Myanmar. It emits about 788,170 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 183,723 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 20% above the median cement plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-42547429.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 1,825,000 t of cement ist Myanmar Conch Cement (Alpha Cement) Cement Plant deutlich über dem Medianwert von cement plant in Myanmar (750,000 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 788,170 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 Myanmar

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

Operator

Operated by Myanmar Conch Cement Co Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Myanmar Conch Cement (Alpha Cement) Cement Plant sits in a tropical savanna climate zone (Köppen Aw), at 21.6°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 #3 largest of 16 cement plants in Myanmar by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Double Rhinos Kyaukse Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,682,112 t CO₂
• Sin Minn Kyaukse Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 188,740 t CO₂
• Myanmar Sin Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 47,290 t CO₂
• Tiger Head Kyaukse Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 53,152 t CO₂
• AAA Cement Mandalay Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 250,918 t CO₂
• Shwe Taung Pyi Nyaung Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 441,375 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 21.59346, 96.23002. View on OpenStreetMap.

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