Insee Cement Hon Chong Cement Plant — Vietnam

Insee Cement Hon Chong Cement Plant is a cement plant in Vietnam. Its listed capacity is 2,250,000 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 Siam City Cement (Vietnam) Ltd. By capacity it ranks #13 among 29 cement plants in Vietnam. It emits about 1,269,583 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 1.5% of the CO₂e from the 90 facilities in Vietnam that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 56% above the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-32439375.

In context: how this facility compares

At 2,250,000 t of cement, Insee Cement Hon Chong Cement Plant is around the median cement plant in Vietnam (2,052,371 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 1,269,583 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 Vietnam

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

Operator

Operated by Siam City Cement (Vietnam) Ltd.

Local climate

Insee Cement Hon Chong Cement Plant sits in a tropical monsoon climate zone (Köppen Am), at 10.2°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 1224 W/m² to ambient — roughly 0.94× 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 29 cement plants in Vietnam by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Vicem Ha Tien 1 Cement Kiên Lương Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 541,764 t CO₂
• Chip Mong Insee Banteay Meas Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 697,353 t CO₂
• Kampot Cement Dang Tong Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,083,961 t CO₂
• Thai Boon Roong Dang Tong Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 541,035 t CO₂
• Cambodia Cement Chakrey Ting Factory Tuek Chhou Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 686,630 t CO₂
• VNM-U Minh_ammonia · Chemical Plant · 378,132 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 10.21327, 104.60471. View on OpenStreetMap.

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