Changji (Manasi) Fertilizers — China

Changji (Manasi) Fertilizers is a chemical plant in China. Its listed capacity is 54,430 t of chemical. Chemical plants produce a wide range of industrial and specialty chemicals, many requiring precise temperature control and sustained heat input for reactions and separations. By capacity it ranks #107 among 125 chemical plants in China. It emits about 146,872 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 87% above the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-45257053.

In context: how this facility compares

At 54,430 t of chemical, Changji (Manasi) Fertilizers is below the median chemical plant in China (532,416 t of chemical). Subsector: chemicals. As chemical plant, it requires high process heat (typically 100–500°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Chemical plants produce a wide range of industrial and specialty chemicals, many requiring precise temperature control and sustained heat input for reactions and separations.

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

What 146,872 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 chemical plants in China

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

Local climate

Changji (Manasi) Fertilizers sits in a cold desert climate zone (Köppen BWk), at 44.2°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 benign, low-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C1 — Very low), with thermal cycling the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1419 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 #107 largest of 125 chemical plants in China by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Xinjiang Jiarun aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 962,688 t CO₂
• Shihezi, Xinjiang aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 2,550,166 t CO₂
• Xinjiang Xinan Special Steel Co Ltd · Steel Plant · 74,976 t CO₂
• Nongbashi aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 2,167,641 t CO₂
• Fukang, Xinjiang (Nongliushi) aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 4,037,762 t CO₂
• Baosteel Group Xinjiang Bayi Iron and Steel Co Ltd · Steel Plant · 9,637,025 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 44.22612, 86.30458. View on OpenStreetMap.

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