Wuwei Leida Cement Plant — China

Wuwei Leida Cement Plant is a cement plant in China. Its listed capacity is 5,763,158 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 Wuwei Leida Cement Co Ltd. By capacity it ranks #18 among 174 cement plants in China. It emits about 1,323,170 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.05% of the CO₂e from the 1,485 facilities in China that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 37% below the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1896171.

In context: how this facility compares

At 5,763,158 t of cement, Wuwei Leida Cement Plant is well above the median cement plant in China (1,870,000 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 1,323,170 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 China

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

Operator

Operated by Wuwei Leida Cement Co Ltd.

Local climate

Wuwei Leida Cement Plant sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 31.5°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 moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1339 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

The #18 largest of 174 cement plants in China by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Wuhu Hongyi Calcium Industry Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant
• Chaohu Conch Cement Co Ltd Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,073,782 t CO₂
• Wuhu Hongyuan Calcium Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant
• Anhui Tiepeng Haibao Cement Limited Company Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,814,522 t CO₂
• Chaohu Weili Cement Co.,Ltd. Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 809,935 t CO₂
• Sinoma Anhui Cement Co Ltd Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,118,088 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 31.47722, 117.93048. View on OpenStreetMap.

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