Aluminium Smelter in South Africa. Approximate location -28.76698, 32.03106.
Aluminium SmelterSouth AfricaCO₂ reported
Richards Bay, Hillside aluminium plant is an aluminium smelter in South Africa with a reported capacity of 724,000 t of alumina/aluminum. It smelts alumina into primary aluminium by high-current electrolysis. It is operated by South32 Ltd. It emits about 1,602,048 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 373,438 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 6% above the median aluminium smelter.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3673154.
À 724,000 t of alumina/aluminum, Richards Bay, Hillside aluminium plant est autour de la médiane des aluminium smelter en South Africa (724,000 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.
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.
Operated by South32 Ltd. All facilities by this operator →
Richards Bay, Hillside aluminium plant sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 28.8°S in the southern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
Coordinates -28.76698, 32.03106. View on OpenStreetMap.
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Richards Bay, Hillside aluminium plant is a aluminium smelter in South Africa. It smelts alumina into primary aluminium by high-current electrolysis.
Richards Bay, Hillside aluminium plant has a reported capacity of 724,000 t of alumina/aluminum.
Richards Bay, Hillside aluminium plant emits about 1,602,048 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 373,438 cars. That ranks #3 among tracked facilities in South Africa.
Richards Bay, Hillside aluminium plant is in South Africa, near coordinates -28.76698, 32.03106.
Richards Bay, Hillside aluminium plant is operated by South32 Ltd.
