Muaqqar Cement Plant

Muaqqar Cement Plant is a cement plant in Jordan with a reported capacity of 1,000,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Northern Cement Co. By capacity it ranks #5 of 6 cement plants tracked in Jordan. It emits about 220,646 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 51,433 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 39% below the median cement plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-42546621.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 1,000,000 t of cement, Muaqqar Cement Plant è al di sotto di la mediana di cement plant in Jordan (1,825,000 t of cement). Il suo CO₂ per unità di capacità è approssimativamente 20% 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 220,646 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 Jordan

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

Operator

Operated by Northern Cement Co. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Muaqqar Cement Plant sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSk), at 31.8°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 #5 largest of 6 cement plants in Jordan by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Pine Tree Company For Textile Manufacturing Psc · Textiles · 82 t CO₂
• Mustafa & Kamal Ashraf Trading (Jordan) Garments Ltd [Unit 6] · Textiles · 82 t CO₂
• Jerash Garments And Fashion Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Unit 4) · Textiles · 82 t CO₂
• Jerash Garments & Fashions Manufacturing Co Ltd [Unit 2] · Textiles · 82 t CO₂
• Jerash Garments & Fashions Manufacturing Co Ltd [Unit 1] · Textiles · 82 t CO₂
• Casual Wear Apparel L.L.C. · Textiles · 82 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 31.75248, 36.18924. View on OpenStreetMap.

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