Thatta Cement Thatta Cement Plant — Pakistan

Thatta Cement Thatta Cement Plant is a cement plant in Pakistan. Its listed capacity is 693,000 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 Thatta Cement Company Ltd. By capacity it ranks #21 among 24 cement plants in Pakistan. It emits about 227,176 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.42% of the CO₂e from the 55 facilities in Pakistan that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 9% below the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1897632.

In context: how this facility compares

At 693,000 t of cement, Thatta Cement Thatta Cement Plant is below the median cement plant in Pakistan (2,950,000 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 227,176 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 Pakistan

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

Operator

Operated by Thatta Cement Company Ltd.

Local climate

Thatta Cement Thatta Cement Plant sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 24.7°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 1235 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 #21 largest of 24 cement plants in Pakistan by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Amreli Steels Dhabeji plant · Steel Plant · 1,199,271 t CO₂
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• Lucky Cement Karachi Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,957,266 t CO₂
• Agha Steel Industries Karachi plant · Steel Plant · 59,702 t CO₂
• Power Cement Jamshoro Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,783,636 t CO₂
• Dadabhoy Cement Kalu Kohar Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 315,279 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 24.65068, 67.84482. View on OpenStreetMap.

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