Najaf Cement Plant — Iraq
Cement Plant in Iraq. Approximate location 31.82549, 44.12195.
Cement PlantIraqCO₂ not individually reported
Najaf Cement Plant is a cement plant in Iraq. 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 Karcement JSC. 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-42547397.
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.
Operating power plants within 50 km
- Al-Najaf · Gas · 250 MW · 30 km
- Haydariya power station · Gas · 912 MW · 47 km
PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.
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 Najaf 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 Karcement JSC. All facilities by this operator →
Local climate
Najaf Cement Plant sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 31.8°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 1259 W/m² to ambient — roughly 0.97× 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
- Southern Cement Maz'al an Nasir Plant 1 · Cement Plant · 598,666 t CO₂
- Southern Cement Maz'al an Nasir Plant 2 · Cement Plant · 132,804 t CO₂
- INOC Diwaniya Refinery · Refinery · 47,189 t CO₂
- INOC Karbala Oil Refinery · Refinery · 604,525 t CO₂
- Southern Cement Karbala Plant 2 · Cement Plant · 622,063 t CO₂
- Saman Cement Al Salman Plant · Cement Plant
Location
Coordinates 31.82549, 44.12195. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Najaf Cement Plant?
Najaf Cement Plant is a cement plant in Iraq. 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 Najaf Cement Plant emit?
The open dataset used here does not include a facility-level CO₂ value for Najaf Cement Plant.
Where is Najaf Cement Plant located?
Najaf Cement Plant is in Iraq at approximately 31.82549, 44.12195.
Who operates Najaf Cement Plant?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is Karcement JSC.