Inner Mongolia Datang aluminium plant

Inner Mongolia Datang aluminium plant is an aluminium smelter in China with a reported capacity of 163,000 t of alumina/aluminum. It smelts alumina into primary aluminium by high-current electrolysis. It is operated by Inner Mongolia Datang International . By capacity it ranks #112 of 141 aluminium smelters tracked in China. It emits about 297,723 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 69,399 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 13% below the median aluminium smelter.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-43765162.

En contexte: comment cette installation se compare

À 163,000 t of alumina/aluminum, Inner Mongolia Datang aluminium plant est en dessous de la médiane des aluminium smelter en China (372,000 t of alumina/aluminum). Sous-secteur: aluminum. Comme aluminium smelter, elle nécessite une chaleur de procédé intensive (typiquement 600–900°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 fonderies d'aluminium utilisent de grands courants électriques pour raffiner l'alumine en aluminium fondu au-dessus de 900°C, et le métal chaud doit s'écouler à travers des creusets et des équipements de coulée.

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 297,723 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 aluminium smelters in China

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

Operator

Operated by Inner Mongolia Datang International .

Local climate

Inner Mongolia Datang aluminium plant sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSk), at 40.1°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 #112 largest of 141 aluminium smelters in China by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Hohhot (Qingshuihe) Chemical Complex · Chemical Plant · 1,101,552 t CO₂
• Qingshuihe County Mengxi Cement Co. Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 793,627 t CO₂
• Inner Mongolia Tianhao Cement Group Co Ltd Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,926,871 t CO₂
• Hohhot Prefecture City · Aluminium Smelter · 229,052 t CO₂
• Jungar Banner Cast City Cement Co. Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 385,941 t CO₂
• Inner Mongolia Edelweiss Cashmere Products · Textiles · 6,976 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 40.06181, 111.31492. View on OpenStreetMap.

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