Cimento Nacional Arcos Plant

Cimento Nacional Arcos Plant is a cement plant in Brazil with a reported capacity of 700,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Companhia Nacional de Cimento - CNC Ltda. By capacity it ranks #45 of 57 cement plants tracked in Brazil. It emits about 285,259 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 66,494 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 13% above the median cement plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-42547358.

En contexte: comment cette installation se compare

À 700,000 t of cement, Cimento Nacional Arcos Plant est en dessous de la médiane des cement plant en Brazil (1,461,000 t of cement). Son CO₂ par unité de capacité est approximativement 25% au-dessus de la médiane des cement plant. 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 285,259 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 Brazil

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

Operator

Operated by Companhia Nacional de Cimento - CNC Ltda. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Cimento Nacional Arcos Plant sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate zone (Köppen Cwa), at 20.3°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 #45 largest of 57 cement plants in Brazil by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• CSN Cimentos Arcos Plant · Cement Plant · 1,139,780 t CO₂
• Pains Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 60,912 t CO₂
• Curtidora Itaúna Ltda · Textiles · 302 t CO₂
• Bre Jeans Confecções Ltda · Textiles · 302 t CO₂
• Ligia Silva Souza · Textiles · 302 t CO₂
• William Goncalves Bento · Textiles · 302 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates -20.31908, -45.57784. View on OpenStreetMap.

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