Loule Cement Plant — Portugal

Loule Cement Plant is a cement plant in Portugal. Its listed capacity is 850,000 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 InterCement Portugal SA. By capacity it ranks #5 among 5 cement plants in Portugal. It emits about 274,581 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 1.8% of the CO₂e from the 29 facilities in Portugal that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 11% below the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1897683.

In context: how this facility compares

At 850,000 t of cement, Loule Cement Plant is below the median cement plant in Portugal (1,450,000 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 274,581 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 Portugal

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

Operator

Operated by InterCement Portugal SA. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Loule Cement Plant sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csa), at 37.1°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 corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with marine corrosion the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1329 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.02× 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 #5 largest of 5 cement plants in Portugal by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Centro De Produção De Loulé (Ci) · Lime Plant · 518,564 t CO₂
• Cítricos Del Andévalo, S.A. · Food & Beverage
• Matadero Industrial El Mayorazgo De Jabugo, S.A. · Food & Beverage
• CEPSA La Rabida Refinery · Refinery · 2,216,744 t CO₂
• Galp Energia Sines Refinery · Refinery · 2,497,426 t CO₂
• Repsol SA , Sines · Petrochemical · 535,047 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 37.13674, -8.09975. View on OpenStreetMap.

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