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Songwe Cement Plant

Cement Plant in Tanzania. Approximate location -8.9426, 33.24101.

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Songwe Cement Plant is a cement plant in Tanzania with a reported capacity of 1,100,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Mbeya Cement Company Ltd. By capacity it ranks #3 of 6 cement plants tracked in Tanzania. It emits about 346,822 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 80,844 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 12% below the median cement plant.

1,100,000t of cement
346,822t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#4CO₂ rank in Tanzania
0.32t CO₂ per capacity unit

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1897927.

W kontekście: jak ta instalacja się porównuje

Przy 1,100,000 t of cement, Songwe Cement Plant jest około medianę cement plant w Tanzania (1,100,000 t of cement). Jego CO₂ na jednostkę pojemności wynosi w przybliżeniu 33% poniżej 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 346,822 t CO₂e a year looks like

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

80,844cars driven for a year
45,230homes' annual energy use
5,780,367tree seedlings grown 10 years

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

Capacity vs largest cement plants in Tanzania

Mtwara Cement Plant: 3,000,000 t of cement3.0MMtwara Cem…Tanzania Portland Tanga Cement Plant: 1,300,000 t of cement1.3MTanzania P…Songwe Cement Plant: 1,100,000 t of cement1.1MSongwe Cem…Huaxin Tanga Cement Plant: 800,000 t of cement800kHuaxin Tan…Tanzania Portland Dar Es Salaam Cement Plant: 700,000 t of cement700kTanzania P…Lake Cement Plant: 600,000 t of cement600kLake Cemen…

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

Operator

Operated by Mbeya Cement Company Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Songwe Cement Plant sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate zone (Köppen Cwa), at 8.9°S in the southern hemisphere.

~19°Ctypical annual mean
~27°Ctypical warm-season
Humid subtropical (dry winter): hot and humid year-round with little seasonal variation

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

How it compares & nearby sites

The #3 largest of 6 cement plants in Tanzania by reported capacity.

Location

Coordinates -8.9426, 33.24101. View on OpenStreetMap.

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Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is Songwe Cement Plant?

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

What is the capacity of Songwe Cement Plant?

Songwe Cement Plant has a reported capacity of 1,100,000 t of cement.

How much CO₂ does Songwe Cement Plant emit?

Songwe Cement Plant emits about 346,822 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 80,844 cars. That ranks #4 among tracked facilities in Tanzania.

Where is Songwe Cement Plant located?

Songwe Cement Plant is in Tanzania, near coordinates -8.9426, 33.24101.

Who operates Songwe Cement Plant?

Songwe Cement Plant is operated by Mbeya Cement Company Ltd.

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