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Kazakhcement Zharma Cement Plant

Cement Plant in Kazakhstan. Approximate location 49.65723, 81.17689.

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Kazakhcement Zharma Cement Plant is a cement plant in Kazakhstan 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 Kazakhcement LLP. By capacity it ranks #7 of 11 cement plants tracked in Kazakhstan. It emits about 474,027 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 110,496 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 32% above the median cement plant.

1,000,000t of cement
474,027t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#13CO₂ rank in Kazakhstan
0.47t CO₂ per capacity unit

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1897367.

W kontekście: jak ta instalacja się porównuje

Przy 1,000,000 t of cement, Kazakhcement Zharma Cement Plant jest około medianę cement plant w Kazakhstan (1,150,000 t of cement). Jego CO₂ na jednostkę pojemności wynosi w przybliżeniu 17% 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 474,027 t CO₂e a year looks like

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

110,496cars driven for a year
61,819homes' annual energy use
7,900,450tree seedlings grown 10 years

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

Capacity vs largest cement plants in Kazakhstan

Kokshe Cement Plant: 2,000,000 t of cement2.0MKokshe Cem…Jambyl Cement Plant: 1,600,000 t of cement1.6MJambyl Cem…Korday Cement Plant: 1,497,934 t of cement1.5MKorday Cem…HeidelbergCement Bukhtarma Cement Plant: 1,400,000 t of cement1.4MHeidelberg…HeidelbergCement Shymkentcement Plant: 1,300,000 t of cement1.3MHeidelberg…Semey Cement Plant: 1,150,000 t of cement1.1MSemey Ceme…Kazakhcement Zharma Cement Plant: 1,000,000 t of cement1000kKazakhceme…Gezhouba Shieli Cement Plant: 1,000,000 t of cement1000kGezhouba S…

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

Operator

Operated by Kazakhcement LLP. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Kazakhcement Zharma Cement Plant sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfb), at 49.7°N in the northern hemisphere.

~6°Ctypical annual mean
~19°Ctypical warm-season
Warm-summer humid continental: four distinct seasons — cold winters and warm summers

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

How it compares & nearby sites

The #7 largest of 11 cement plants in Kazakhstan by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

Location

Coordinates 49.65723, 81.17689. 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 10,000 MWh/yr (≈ 3,600 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:

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

Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is Kazakhcement Zharma Cement Plant?

Kazakhcement Zharma Cement Plant is a cement plant in Kazakhstan. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement.

What is the capacity of Kazakhcement Zharma Cement Plant?

Kazakhcement Zharma Cement Plant has a reported capacity of 1,000,000 t of cement.

How much CO₂ does Kazakhcement Zharma Cement Plant emit?

Kazakhcement Zharma Cement Plant emits about 474,027 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 110,496 cars. That ranks #13 among tracked facilities in Kazakhstan.

Where is Kazakhcement Zharma Cement Plant located?

Kazakhcement Zharma Cement Plant is in Kazakhstan, near coordinates 49.65723, 81.17689.

Who operates Kazakhcement Zharma Cement Plant?

Kazakhcement Zharma Cement Plant is operated by Kazakhcement LLP.

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