Lao Cement Ban Nadou Cement Plant

Lao Cement Ban Nadou Cement Plant is a cement plant in Laos with a reported capacity of 1,900,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Lao Cement PCL. By capacity it ranks #1 of 10 cement plants tracked in Laos. It emits about 774,012 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 180,422 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 13% above the median cement plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-32438863.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 1,900,000 t of cement, Lao Cement Ban Nadou Cement Plant è ben al di sopra di la mediana di cement plant in Laos (1,500,000 t of cement). 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 774,012 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 Laos

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

Operator

Operated by Lao Cement PCL. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Lao Cement Ban Nadou Cement Plant sits in a tropical savanna climate zone (Köppen Aw), at 17.5°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 #1 largest of 10 cement plants in Laos by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Khammouance Cement Mahaxay Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 722,229 t CO₂
• Lao-Savannakhet Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 615,673 t CO₂
• Lanexang Cement Khoun Ngeun Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 410,449 t CO₂
• Song Gianh Cement Tuyên Hóa Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 430,292 t CO₂
• SCG Tuyên Hóa Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 659,889 t CO₂
• Sun Paper Holdings Laos Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 6,391 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 17.45508, 104.99318. View on OpenStreetMap.

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