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Attock Cement Hub Cement Plant

Cement Plant in Pakistan. Approximate location 25.13884, 66.91376.

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Attock Cement Hub Cement Plant is a cement plant in Pakistan with a reported capacity of 4,300,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Attock Cement Pakistan Ltd. By capacity it ranks #6 of 31 cement plants tracked in Pakistan. It emits about 2,249,783 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 524,425 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 45% above the median cement plant.

4,300,000t of cement
2,249,783t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#4CO₂ rank in Pakistan
0.52t CO₂ per capacity unit

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1897628.

W kontekście: jak ta instalacja się porównuje

Przy 4,300,000 t of cement, Attock Cement Hub Cement Plant jest znacznie powyżej medianę cement plant w Pakistan (2,300,000 t of cement). Jego CO₂ na jednostkę pojemności wynosi w przybliżeniu 14% powyżej medianę cement plant. Podsektor: cement. Jako cement plant, wymaga intensywnego ciepła procesowego (typowo 800–1400°C) do swoich głównych operacji przemysłowych — ciepła, które musi być dostarczane przez kotły, piece lub spalanie bezpośrednie, a straty przez nieisolowane zbiorniki i rury stanowią zmarnowane paliwo. Modułowa izolacja demontowalna może zmniejszyć te straty o 80–96%, chłodząc powierzchnie do ≤45°C, z zwrotem inwestycji często poniżej 2 lat. Cementownie ogrzewają wapień do 1.400°C w piecach obracających się — jeden z najgorętszych procesów przemysłowych — i muszą precyzyjnie kontrolować temperaturę na całej długości pieca.

Porównanie pojemności i intensywności CO₂ obliczane na podstawie danych instalacji przemysłowych Climate TRACE; rola sektora oparta na odniesieniau inżynierskim.

What 2,249,783 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's reported annual CO₂e in the everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

524,425cars driven for a year
293,399homes' annual energy use
37,496,383tree seedlings grown 10 years

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest cement plants in Pakistan

Lucky Cement Pezu Cement Plant: 10,250,000 t of cement10.2MLucky Ceme…Maple Leaf Iskandarabad (White) Cement Plant: 8,190,000 t of cement8.2MMaple Leaf…Pioneer Cement Khushab Cement Plant: 5,190,000 t of cement5.2MPioneer Ce…Lucky Cement Karachi Cement Plant: 5,050,000 t of cement5.0MLucky Ceme…Cherat Cement Lakari Cement Plant: 4,500,000 t of cement4.5MCherat Cem…Attock Cement Hub Cement Plant: 4,300,000 t of cement4.3MAttock Cem…Bestway Cement Hattar Cement Plant: 3,900,000 t of cement3.9MBestway Ce…Fauji Cement Nizampur Cement Plant: 3,750,000 t of cement3.7MFauji Ceme…

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

Operator

Operated by Attock Cement Pakistan Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Attock Cement Hub Cement Plant sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 25.1°N in the northern hemisphere.

~24°Ctypical annual mean
~34°Ctypical warm-season
Hot desert: hot summers and mild winters

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

How it compares & nearby sites

The #6 largest of 31 cement plants in Pakistan by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

Location

Coordinates 25.13884, 66.91376. View on OpenStreetMap.

Heat loss & insulation profile

A cement plant like this runs hot equipment that sheds heat continuously: rotary kiln shell, preheater tower, tertiary air duct & kiln hood, clinker-cooler ducts, valves (surface/process temperatures around 200–1,000 °C). These surfaces lose energy to the air year-round; removable modular insulation cuts that loss, brings outer surfaces to ≤45 °C, and unclips for inspection.

60% of cement CO2 is process calcination - NOT insulation-addressable; energy here is the fuel side only.

Indicative recoverable energy

On an already-insulated site (pipes & valves in cladding / jackets), closing the remaining gaps, flanges and damaged sections and switching to removable covers indicatively recovers about 19,000 MWh/yr (≈ 6,500 t CO₂/yr) — scaled to this site's reported CO₂ within its sector. Bare or damaged surfaces recover several times more.

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Indicative, not a measurement. Conservative floor for an already-insulated plant; a TIPCHECK on-site audit gives a measured figure. Industry context: EiiF TIPCHECK — industrial insulation can save ~14 Mtoe/yr in EU, payback typically <2 years.

Safety & the no-regret first step

Bare hot surfaces here exceed the touch-safe limit (EN ISO 13732-1); insulation to ≤45 °C is a worker-safety and compliance win. And before electrification, fuel-switching or CCS, eliminating surface heat loss is the cheapest, fastest, lowest-risk step — audit the bare spots first, rip-and-replace later.

External climate finance your country can access

Domestic energy-efficiency grants are limited here; industrial decarbonisation is mainly funded externally:

CBAM. Exporters of cement, steel, aluminium, fertiliser, hydrogen and electricity to the EU face the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism — cutting embedded emissions (efficiency + insulation) lowers the levy.

Routed via national development banks / accredited entities — not a direct factory grant. Verified 2026.

Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is Attock Cement Hub Cement Plant?

Attock Cement Hub Cement Plant is a cement plant in Pakistan. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement.

What is the capacity of Attock Cement Hub Cement Plant?

Attock Cement Hub Cement Plant has a reported capacity of 4,300,000 t of cement.

How much CO₂ does Attock Cement Hub Cement Plant emit?

Attock Cement Hub Cement Plant emits about 2,249,783 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 524,425 cars. That ranks #4 among tracked facilities in Pakistan.

Where is Attock Cement Hub Cement Plant located?

Attock Cement Hub Cement Plant is in Pakistan, near coordinates 25.13884, 66.91376.

Who operates Attock Cement Hub Cement Plant?

Attock Cement Hub Cement Plant is operated by Attock Cement Pakistan Ltd.

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