National Kaloleni Cement Plant — Kenya

National Kaloleni Cement Plant is a cement plant in Kenya. Its listed capacity is 700,000 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 National Cement Company Ltd. By capacity it ranks #2 among 2 cement plants in Kenya. It emits about 237,475 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 6.9% of the CO₂e from the 7 facilities in Kenya that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 6% below the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1897368.

In context: how this facility compares

At 700,000 t of cement, National Kaloleni Cement Plant is below the median cement plant in Kenya (1,700,000 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 237,475 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 Kenya

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

Operator

Operated by National Cement Company Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

National Kaloleni Cement Plant sits in a tropical savanna climate zone (Köppen As), at 3.8°S in the southern 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 1240 W/m² to ambient — roughly 0.95× 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 #2 largest of 2 cement plants in Kenya by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Kenya Petroleum Mombasa Refinery · Refinery
• Bamburi Mombasa Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 441,573 t CO₂
• Mkomani Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 611,945 t CO₂
• Devki Steel Mills Kwale plant · Steel Plant · 671,416 t CO₂
• Huaxin Tanga Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 280,264 t CO₂
• Tanzania Portland Tanga Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 645,540 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates -3.84554, 39.63399. View on OpenStreetMap.

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