Cerro Blanco Cement Plant

Cerro Blanco Cement Plant is a cement plant in Chile with a reported capacity of 1,050,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Cemento Polpaico SA. By capacity it ranks #2 of 5 cement plants tracked in Chile. It emits about 273,974 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 63,863 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 28% below the median cement plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1895361.

En contexte: comment cette installation se compare

À 1,050,000 t of cement, Cerro Blanco Cement Plant est bien au-dessus de la médiane des cement plant en Chile (750,000 t of cement). Sous-secteur: cement. Comme cement plant, elle nécessite une chaleur de procédé intensive (typiquement 800–1400°C) pour ses opérations industrielles essentielles — chaleur qui doit être fournie par des chaudières, fours ou combustion directe, et les pertes par les récipients et tuyauteries non isolés représentent du combustible gaspillé. L'isolation modulaire amovible peut réduire ces pertes de 80–96%, refroidissant les surfaces à ≤45°C, avec des délais d'amortissement souvent inférieurs à 2 ans. Les cimenteries chauffent le calcaire à 1.400°C dans des fours rotatifs — l'un des processus industriels les plus chauds — et doivent contrôler la température avec précision sur toute la longueur du four.

Comparaison de capacité et d'intensité de CO₂ calculée à partir des données des installations industrielles Climate TRACE; rôle du secteur basé sur la référence d'ingénierie.

What 273,974 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 Chile

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

Operator

Operated by Cemento Polpaico SA. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Cerro Blanco Cement Plant sits in a warm-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csb), at 33.2°S in the southern hemisphere.

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

How it compares & nearby sites

The #2 largest of 5 cement plants in Chile by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• AZA Colina steel plant · Steel Plant · 25,308 t CO₂
• New Commerce Ltda · Textiles · 547 t CO₂
• La Calera Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 380,474 t CO₂
• ENAP Concon Refinery · Refinery · 1,150,668 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates -33.15072, -70.83204. View on OpenStreetMap.

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