Chelf Cement Plant — Algeria

Chelf Cement Plant is a cement plant in Algeria. Its listed capacity is 4,200,000 t of cement. Cement plants heat limestone to 1,400°C in rotary kilns — one of the hottest industrial processes — and must control temperature precisely across the entire kiln length. It is operated by El Chellif Cement and Derivatives Co. By capacity it ranks #2 among 5 cement plants in Algeria. It emits about 1,375,040 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 6.8% of the CO₂e from the 29 facilities in Algeria that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 10% below the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1896656.

In context: how this facility compares

At 4,200,000 t of cement, Chelf Cement Plant is around the median cement plant in Algeria (3,800,000 t of cement). Subsector: cement. As cement plant, it requires high process heat (typically 800–1400°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Cement plants heat limestone to 1,400°C in rotary kilns — one of the hottest industrial processes — and must control temperature precisely across the entire kiln length.

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

What 1,375,040 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 cement plants in Algeria

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

Operator

Operated by El Chellif Cement and Derivatives Co.

Local climate

Chelf Cement Plant sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csa), at 36.1°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 corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with marine corrosion the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1352 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.04× 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 5 cement plants in Algeria by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

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• Sonatrach Arzew Refinery · Refinery · 754,509 t CO₂
• Oggaz Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,886,659 t CO₂
• Zahana Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 436,123 t CO₂
• El Hassasna Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 214,960 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 36.12906, 1.2424. View on OpenStreetMap.

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