Korea Building Materials Pusan-ri Cement Plant — North Korea
Cement Plant in North Korea. Approximate location 39.47659, 126.0109.
Cement PlantNorth KoreaCO₂ not individually reported
Korea Building Materials Pusan-ri Cement Plant is a cement plant in North Korea. 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 Ministry of Construction and Building-Materials Industry (North Korea). No facility-measured CO₂ figure is available in the open dataset used here.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-42547364.
Data status
Known source data
Calculated from the dataset
Not available
Source data, measured cross-checks and calculated values are kept separate. No confidence percentage is invented.
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In context: how this facility compares
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.
Carbon emissions
No facility-measured CO₂ is published for Korea Building Materials Pusan-ri Cement Plant; Climate TRACE provides only a cement plant sector-level estimate, so a precise per-site figure, ranking or carbon cost would be misleading and is not shown. 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).
CO₂: Climate TRACE sector-level estimate (not facility-measured).
Operator
Operated by Ministry of Construction and Building-Materials Industry (North Korea). All facilities by this operator →
Local climate
Korea Building Materials Pusan-ri Cement Plant sits in a monsoon hot-summer continental climate zone (Köppen Dwa), at 39.5°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 mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with thermal cycling the leading environmental stress.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1407 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.08× 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
Nearby industrial sites
- Korea Building Materials Puhung Cement Plant · Cement Plant
- Korea Building Materials Sunchon Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,179,824 t CO₂
- Korea Building Materials Sunghori Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 49,523 t CO₂
- Ch'ollima Steel Complex steel plant · Steel Plant · 20,343 t CO₂
- Hwanghae Iron and Steel Complex steel plant · Steel Plant · 1,291,164 t CO₂
- Korea Building Materials Chonnae Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 667,233 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates 39.47659, 126.0109. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Korea Building Materials Pusan-ri Cement Plant?
Korea Building Materials Pusan-ri Cement Plant is a cement plant in North Korea. 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.
How much CO₂ does Korea Building Materials Pusan-ri Cement Plant emit?
The open dataset used here does not include a facility-level CO₂ value for Korea Building Materials Pusan-ri Cement Plant.
Where is Korea Building Materials Pusan-ri Cement Plant located?
Korea Building Materials Pusan-ri Cement Plant is in North Korea at approximately 39.47659, 126.0109.
Who operates Korea Building Materials Pusan-ri Cement Plant?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is Ministry of Construction and Building-Materials Industry (North Korea).