Cement Plant in Iran. Approximate location 36.7192, 56.84842.
Cement PlantIranCO₂ estimate (modelled)
Far-Ashian Cement Plant is a cement plant in Iran. Its listed capacity is 1,460,000 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 Jovein Cement PLC. By capacity it ranks #18 among 37 cement plants in Iran. It emits about 461,609 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE, roughly comparable to the annual emissions of 108k passenger cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 13% below the national median for this sector.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1897207.
Source data, measured cross-checks and calculated values are kept separate. No confidence percentage is invented.
Same Climate TRACE subsector; closest non-placeholder modelled CO₂e values. Russia and Belarus excluded.
At 1,460,000 t of cement, Far-Ashian Cement Plant is around the median cement plant in Iran (1,460,000 t of cement). Subsector: cement. As cement plant, it requires high process heat (typically 800–1400°C) for its core industrial operations — heat that must be supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion, and losses through uninsulated vessels and piping represent wasted fuel. Removable modular insulation can cut those losses by 80–96%, surface-cooling equipment to ≤45°C, with payback often under 2 years. 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.
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.
At its reported 462k t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), Far-Ashian Cement Plant carries no domestic carbon price — and as a CBAM-covered product, its 462k t at the EU CBAM rate (€75/t) is €34.8M/yr of exposure on EU-bound exports. CBAM share rises from 2.5% (2026) to 100% by 2034. The fastest decarbonization lever is energy efficiency: eliminating heat loss on hot equipment (removable insulation, steam & waste-heat recovery) typically cuts 2–5% of fuel-related CO₂ — here ≈9k t–23k t/yr, worth €696k–€1.7M, with payback up to 2 years. No domestic carbon price — but cement, steel, aluminium, fertilizer and hydrogen exported to the EU face CBAM at €75/t (rising to 100% by 2034).
Carbon price: EU CBAM €75/t · EU ETS €79/t, July 2, 2026, refreshed live via Carbon Hub. CO₂: Climate TRACE. Efficiency range: US DOE / ASTM C680 (method). Indicative carbon value, not the cash bill — free allocation applies; not compliance advice. Estimate the saving for this site →
Listed capacity (t of cement), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Jovein Cement PLC.
Far-Ashian Cement Plant sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSk), at 36.7°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #18 largest of 37 cement plants in Iran by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).
Coordinates 36.7192, 56.84842. View on OpenStreetMap.
For a cement plant, the main modular-insulation targets are rotary kiln shell, preheater tower, tertiary air duct & kiln hood, clinker-cooler ducts, valves. Typical hot-surface ranges used for screening: 200–1,000 °C.
60% of cement CO2 is process calcination - NOT insulation-addressable; energy here is the fuel side only.
A first-pass insulation screen suggests about 10,000 MWh/year of recoverable heat-loss reduction and about 3,500 t CO₂e/year of avoided emissions. Screening estimate scaled from installed process-heat projects and surface-temperature reduction data.
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Screening calculation from facility class, capacity and open emissions/energy context. Engineering survey required before procurement.
Start with a thermal survey of valves, flanges, doors and bends. Removable modular insulation keeps maintenance access open while lowering exposed-surface temperature and wasted heat.
For energy-efficiency projects around process heat, likely external funding channels include:
Sources: country climate-finance facilities and public development-bank programmes.
Far-Ashian Cement Plant is a cement plant in Iran. 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.
The open dataset lists 1,460,000 t of cement of capacity for Far-Ashian Cement Plant.
The page uses about 461,609 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #83 among facilities in Iran by estimated CO₂.
Far-Ashian Cement Plant is in Iran at approximately 36.7192, 56.84842.
The operator recorded in the open dataset is Jovein Cement PLC.
