Carmeuse Slovakia, S.R.O. - Závod Vápenka Košice

Carmeuse Slovakia, S.R.O. - Závod Vápenka Košice is a lime plant in Slovakia. Its listed capacity is 665,986 t of lime. Lime plants calcine limestone in kilns at 800–900°C; the quicklime they produce reacts with moisture and has to be kept dry. By capacity it ranks #2 among 2 lime plants in Slovakia. It emits about 392,168 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 3.5% of the CO₂e from the 19 facilities in Slovakia that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 11% below the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38467723.

In context: how this facility compares

At 665,986 t of lime, Carmeuse Slovakia, S.R.O. - Závod Vápenka Košice is around the median lime plant in Slovakia (771,492 t of lime). Subsector: lime. As lime plant, it requires high process heat (typically 600–900°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Lime plants calcine limestone in kilns at 800–900°C; the quicklime they produce reacts with moisture and has to be kept dry.

Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.

What 392,168 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's estimated annual CO₂e (Climate TRACE, modelled) in everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

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

Capacity vs largest lime plants in Slovakia

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

Local climate

Carmeuse Slovakia, S.R.O. - Závod Vápenka Košice sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfb), at 48.6°N in the northern hemisphere.

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

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1416 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.09× the loss at a 20 °C reference. Reference-surface calculation at a 150 °C surface from WorldClim climate normals (ASTM C680 / ISO 12241) — an indicative per-climate comparison, not a measurement of this site’s specific equipment. Open method dataset: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20787408 (CC BY 4.0).

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby sites

The #2 largest of 2 lime plants in Slovakia by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

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• HUN-Kazincbarcikai_ammonia · Chemical Plant · 300,403 t CO₂
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• Tiszai Vegyi Kombinat Ltd., Tiszaujvaros · Petrochemical · 969,582 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 48.62382, 21.20705. View on OpenStreetMap.

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