Obourg Cement Plant

Obourg Cement Plant is a cement plant in Belgium with a reported capacity of 1,700,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Holcim (Belgique) SA. By capacity it ranks #2 of 4 cement plants tracked in Belgium. It emits about 591,351 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 137,844 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-32437253.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 1,700,000 t of cement, Obourg Cement Plant è attorno a la mediana di cement plant in Belgium (1,700,000 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 591,351 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 Belgium

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

Operator

Operated by Holcim (Belgique) SA. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Obourg Cement Plant sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 50.5°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 #2 largest of 4 cement plants in Belgium by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• BEL-Hainaut_ammonia · Chemical Plant · 264,144 t CO₂
• Raffinerie Tirlemontoise Sa - Site De Brugelette · Food & Beverage · 57,694 t CO₂
• Olympia · Food & Beverage · 57,694 t CO₂
• Saarstahl Ascoval Saint-Saulve steel plant · Steel Plant · 28,197 t CO₂
• Thy Marcinelle Charleroi steel plant · Steel Plant · 51,699 t CO₂
• Gaurain Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 823,157 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 50.47267, 3.99263. View on OpenStreetMap.

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