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Nkan Cement Plant

Cement Plant in Gabon. Approximate location 0.37369, 9.75084.

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Nkan Cement Plant is a cement plant in Gabon with a reported capacity of 690,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Ciments de L'Afrique Gabon. It emits about 274,100 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 63,893 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 10% above the median cement plant.

690,000t of cement
274,100t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#1CO₂ rank in Gabon
0.40t CO₂ per capacity unit

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-32438456.

En contexte: comment cette installation se compare

À 690,000 t of cement, Nkan Cement Plant est autour de la médiane des cement plant en Gabon (690,000 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 274,100 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's reported annual CO₂e in the everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

63,893cars driven for a year
35,746homes' annual energy use
4,568,333tree seedlings grown 10 years

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Operator

Operated by Ciments de L'Afrique Gabon. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Nkan Cement Plant sits in a tropical monsoon climate zone (Köppen Am), at 0.4°N in the northern hemisphere.

~26°Ctypical annual mean
~28°Ctypical warm-season
Tropical monsoon: hot and humid year-round with little seasonal variation

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

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Location

Coordinates 0.37369, 9.75084. View on OpenStreetMap.

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Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is Nkan Cement Plant?

Nkan Cement Plant is a cement plant in Gabon. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement.

What is the capacity of Nkan Cement Plant?

Nkan Cement Plant has a reported capacity of 690,000 t of cement.

How much CO₂ does Nkan Cement Plant emit?

Nkan Cement Plant emits about 274,100 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 63,893 cars. That ranks #1 among tracked facilities in Gabon.

Where is Nkan Cement Plant located?

Nkan Cement Plant is in Gabon, near coordinates 0.37369, 9.75084.

Who operates Nkan Cement Plant?

Nkan Cement Plant is operated by Ciments de L'Afrique Gabon.

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