Najaf Cement Plant

Najaf Cement Plant is a cement plant in Iraq with a reported capacity of 2,000,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Karcement JSC. By capacity it ranks #5 of 21 cement plants tracked in Iraq. It emits about 667,429 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 155,578 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 7% below the median cement plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-42547397.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 2,000,000 t of cement ist Najaf Cement Plant etwa um dem Medianwert von cement plant in Iraq (1,934,000 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 667,429 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 Iraq

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

Operator

Operated by Karcement JSC. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Najaf Cement Plant sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 31.8°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 21 cement plants in Iraq by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Southern Cement Maz'al an Nasir Plant 1 · Cement Plant · 598,666 t CO₂
• Southern Cement Maz'al an Nasir Plant 2 · Cement Plant · 132,804 t CO₂
• INOC Diwaniya Refinery · Refinery · 47,189 t CO₂
• INOC Karbala Oil Refinery · Refinery · 604,525 t CO₂
• Southern Cement Karbala Plant 2 · Cement Plant · 622,063 t CO₂
• Saman Cement Al Salman Plant · Cement Plant · 667,429 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 31.82549, 44.12195. View on OpenStreetMap.

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