Helwan Cement Plant — Egypt

Helwan Cement Plant is a cement plant in Egypt. Its listed capacity is 8,000,000 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 Helwan Cement Company SAE. By capacity it ranks #3 among 15 cement plants in Egypt. It emits about 1,750,387 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 2.9% of the CO₂e from the 56 facilities in Egypt that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 40% below the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-32438370.

In context: how this facility compares

At 8,000,000 t of cement, Helwan Cement Plant is well above the median cement plant in Egypt (4,000,000 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 1,750,387 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 Egypt

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

Operator

Operated by Helwan Cement Company SAE.

Local climate

Helwan Cement Plant sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 29.8°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 dust abrasion the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1285 W/m² to ambient — roughly 0.99× 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 #3 largest of 15 cement plants in Egypt by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Helwan Fertilizer Plant · Chemical Plant · 966,441 t CO₂
• Egyptian Iron & Steel Company Cairo plant · Steel Plant
• Tura Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,082,565 t CO₂
• Cairo Governorate Desert Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 485,756 t CO₂
• Delta Steel Mill Al Qalyubia plant · Steel Plant · 87,487 t CO₂
• Cairo Oil Refining Company Mostorod Refinery · Refinery · 1,489,377 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 29.82243, 31.30881. View on OpenStreetMap.

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