Wenshan Alumina Refinery & Smelter — China
Aluminium Smelter in China. Approximate location 23.38214, 104.23403.
Aluminium SmelterChinaCO₂ estimate (modelled)
Wenshan Alumina Refinery & Smelter 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 Yunnan Aluminium Co Ltd. It emits about 1,899,520 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.07% of the CO₂e from the 1,485 facilities in China that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-43765098.
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.
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Same Climate TRACE subsector; closest non-placeholder modelled CO₂e values. Russia and Belarus excluded.
Operating power plants within 50 km
- Yunnan Pingbian Baifu · Hydro · 5 MW · 37 km
- Yunnan Yanshan power station · Biomass · 6 MW · 37 km
- Yunnan Wenshan Yanlashan · Hydro · 15 MW · 41 km
- Wenshan Panlong River Weilong · Hydro · 10 MW · 42 km
- Maguan Daliangzi Hydro · Hydro · 32 MW · 43 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.
What 1,899,520 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.
Carbon cost and Scope 1 emissions
At its reported 1.9M t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), Wenshan Alumina Refinery & Smelter carries no domestic carbon price — and as a CBAM-covered product, its 1.9M t at the EU CBAM rate (€75/t) is €143M/yr of exposure on EU-bound exports. CBAM share rises from 2.5% (2026) to 100% by 2034. 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).
Carbon price: EU CBAM €75/t · EU ETS €85/t, September 10, 2026, refreshed live via Carbon Hub. CO₂: Climate TRACE. Indicative carbon value, not the cash bill — free allocation applies; not compliance advice.
Operator
Operated by Yunnan Aluminium Co Ltd. All facilities by this operator →
Local climate
Wenshan Alumina Refinery & Smelter sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate zone (Köppen Cwa), at 23.4°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 mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1342 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.03× 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
- Yunnan Zhuangshan Industrial Co. Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,016,872 t CO₂
- Yunnan Xingjian Cement Limited Company Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 336,430 t CO₂
- Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture · Aluminium Smelter · 4,333,419 t CO₂
- Wenshan Conch Cement Co Ltd Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,882,558 t CO₂
- Mengzi Yingzhou Cement Co.,Ltd. Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 598,033 t CO₂
- WISCO Group Kunming Steel Co Ltd Honghe Iron and Steel Company · Steel Plant · 803,462 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates 23.38214, 104.23403. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Wenshan Alumina Refinery & Smelter?
Wenshan Alumina Refinery & Smelter 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 Wenshan Alumina Refinery & Smelter emit?
The page uses about 1,899,520 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #362 among facilities in China by estimated CO₂.
Where is Wenshan Alumina Refinery & Smelter located?
Wenshan Alumina Refinery & Smelter is in China at approximately 23.38214, 104.23403.
Who operates Wenshan Alumina Refinery & Smelter?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is Yunnan Aluminium Co Ltd.