Ningdong aluminium plant — China
Aluminium Smelter in China. Approximate location 38.02799, 107.0608.
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Ningdong aluminium plant is an aluminium smelter in China. Aluminium smelters use large electric currents to refine alumina into molten aluminium above 900°C, and the hot metal must flow through crucibles and casting equipment. It is operated by State Power Investment Qingtongxia Aluminum Co Ltd. 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-43765170.
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
- Ningxia Gaoshawo · Solar · 20 MW · 3 km
- Yanchi · Solar · 1,000 MW · 7 km
- Ningdong SA5 · Solar · 100 MW · 25 km
- Ningdong SA4 · Solar · 100 MW · 26 km
- Ningdong SA3 · Solar · 100 MW · 27 km
PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.
In context: how this facility compares
Subsector: aluminum. As aluminium smelter, it requires high process heat (typically 600–900°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Aluminium smelters use large electric currents to refine alumina into molten aluminium above 900°C, and the hot metal must flow through crucibles and casting equipment.
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 Ningdong aluminium plant; Climate TRACE provides only a aluminium smelter 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 State Power Investment Qingtongxia Aluminum Co Ltd.
Local climate
Ningdong aluminium plant sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSk), at 38.0°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 1422 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.09× 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
- Ningxia Yinghai Tianchi Building Materials Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant
- Inner Mongolia Zhenghong Environmental Protection Technology Materials Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant
- Ningxia Ninglu Petrochemical Refinery · Refinery · 191,605 t CO₂
- CHN-Yinchuan_methanol · Chemical Plant · 15,325,877 t CO₂
- CHN-Wuzhong_ammonia · Chemical Plant · 823,303 t CO₂
- Ningxia Ruike Chemical Refinery · Refinery · 255,473 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates 38.02799, 107.0608. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Ningdong aluminium plant?
Ningdong aluminium plant is a aluminium smelter in China. Aluminium smelters use large electric currents to refine alumina into molten aluminium above 900°C, and the hot metal must flow through crucibles and casting equipment.
How much CO₂ does Ningdong aluminium plant emit?
The open dataset used here does not include a facility-level CO₂ value for Ningdong aluminium plant.
Where is Ningdong aluminium plant located?
Ningdong aluminium plant is in China at approximately 38.02799, 107.0608.
Who operates Ningdong aluminium plant?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is State Power Investment Qingtongxia Aluminum Co Ltd.