D G Khan Cement Hub Las Bela Cement Plant — Pakistan

D G Khan Cement Hub Las Bela Cement Plant is a cement plant in Pakistan. Its listed capacity is 2,840,000 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 DG Khan Cement Co Ltd. By capacity it ranks #13 among 24 cement plants in Pakistan. It emits about 1,273,140 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 2.3% of the CO₂e from the 55 facilities in Pakistan that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 24% above the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1897614.

In context: how this facility compares

At 2,840,000 t of cement, D G Khan Cement Hub Las Bela Cement Plant is around the median cement plant in Pakistan (2,950,000 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 1,273,140 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 Pakistan

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

Operator

Operated by DG Khan Cement Co Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

D G Khan Cement Hub Las Bela Cement Plant sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 25.2°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 an aggressive, high-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C5 — Very high), with marine salt corrosion the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1236 W/m² to ambient — roughly 0.95× 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 #13 largest of 24 cement plants in Pakistan by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Attock Cement Hub Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 2,249,783 t CO₂
• Cnergyico Oil Refinery · Refinery · 551,529 t CO₂
• Faizan Steel Karachi steel plant · Steel Plant · 729,556 t CO₂
• Orient Straw Board & Paper Mills Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 4,053 t CO₂
• National Refinery Limited (NRL) Refinery · Refinery · 226,268 t CO₂
• Pakistan Refinery Limited (PRL) Refinery · Refinery · 176,772 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 25.15801, 66.78247. View on OpenStreetMap.

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