Holcim Chekka Cement Plant

Holcim Chekka Cement Plant is a cement plant in Lebanon with a reported capacity of 2,800,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Holcim (Liban) SAL. By capacity it ranks #2 of 3 cement plants tracked in Lebanon. It emits about 1,044,186 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 243,400 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1897434.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 2,800,000 t of cement, Holcim Chekka Cement Plant è attorno a la mediana di cement plant in Lebanon (2,800,000 t of cement). Il suo CO₂ per unità di capacità è approssimativamente 23% al di sotto di la mediana di cement plant. Sottosettore: cement. Come cement plant, richiede calore di processo intenso (tipicamente 800–1400°C) per le sue operazioni industriali essenziali — calore che deve essere fornito da caldaie, forni o combustione diretta, e le perdite attraverso recipienti e tubazioni non isolati rappresentano carburante sprecato. L'isolamento modulare removibile può ridurre queste perdite dell'80–96%, raffreddando superfici a ≤45°C, con payback spesso inferiore a 2 anni. Le cementerie riscaldano il calcare a 1.400°C in forni rotativi — uno dei processi industriali più caldi — e devono controllare la temperatura con precisione lungo l'intera lunghezza del forno.

Confronto di capacità e intensità di CO₂ calcolato dai dati delle strutture industriali Climate TRACE; ruolo del settore basato su riferimento ingegneristico.

What 1,044,186 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 Lebanon

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

Operator

Operated by Holcim (Liban) SAL. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Holcim Chekka Cement Plant sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csa), at 34.3°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 #2 largest of 3 cement plants in Lebanon by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Al Sabaa Chekka Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,511,547 t CO₂
• Eppeh Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,042,811 t CO₂
• Sebline Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 656,866 t CO₂
• Hmisho Steel Hassia plant · Steel Plant · 196,175 t CO₂
• Hadeed Metal Manufacturing Co Damascus steel plant · Steel Plant
• Galilee Chicken - Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd · Food & Beverage · 3,755 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 34.30657, 35.72367. View on OpenStreetMap.

Hot industrial equipment? Cut the heat loss.

Kilns, furnaces, boilers, heat exchangers, valves and steam lines on sites like this lose energy continuously. Inzonex makes patented removable modular insulation for hot industrial equipment:

• Up to 96% less heat loss from insulated surfaces
• Surface temperature down to ≤45°C for worker safety
• 6× faster maintenance access — removable and refittable
• Typical payback up to 2 years

See Inzonex process-equipment insulation →

Frequently asked questions