Thabazimbi Local Municipality Cement Plant

Thabazimbi Local Municipality Cement Plant is a cement plant in South Africa with a reported capacity of 1,200,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Mamba Cement Company Rf Pty Ltd. By capacity it ranks #7 of 13 cement plants tracked in South Africa. It emits about 383,862 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 89,478 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 11% below the median cement plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1898163.

En contexte: comment cette installation se compare

À 1,200,000 t of cement, Thabazimbi Local Municipality Cement Plant est autour de la médiane des cement plant en South Africa (1,200,000 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 383,862 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 South Africa

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

Operator

Operated by Mamba Cement Company Rf Pty Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Thabazimbi Local Municipality Cement Plant sits in a hot semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSh), at 25.0°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 #7 largest of 13 cement plants in South Africa by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Dwaalboom Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 154,081 t CO₂
• Pretoria Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 239,414 t CO₂
• Scaw Metals Group Germiston plant · Steel Plant · 493,095 t CO₂
• Acerinox Columbus Stainless steel plant · Steel Plant · 94,444 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates -24.98356, 27.54615. View on OpenStreetMap.

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