Thatta Cement Thatta Cement Plant

Thatta Cement Thatta Cement Plant is a cement plant in Pakistan with a reported capacity of 693,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Thatta Cement Company Ltd. By capacity it ranks #28 of 31 cement plants tracked in Pakistan. It emits about 227,176 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 52,955 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 9% below the median cement plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1897632.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 693,000 t of cement ist Thatta Cement Thatta Cement Plant unter dem Medianwert von cement plant in Pakistan (2,300,000 t of cement). Sein CO₂ pro Kapazitätseinheit liegt ungefähr 29% unter 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.

What 227,176 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 Pakistan

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

Operator

Operated by Thatta Cement Company Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Thatta Cement Thatta Cement Plant sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 24.7°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 #28 largest of 31 cement plants in Pakistan by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Amreli Steels Dhabeji plant · Steel Plant · 1,199,271 t CO₂
• Dewan Cement Karachi Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 491,104 t CO₂
• Lucky Cement Karachi Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,957,266 t CO₂
• Agha Steel Industries Karachi plant · Steel Plant · 59,702 t CO₂
• Power Cement Jamshoro Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,783,636 t CO₂
• Dadabhoy Cement Kalu Kohar Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 315,279 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 24.65068, 67.84482. View on OpenStreetMap.

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