Xining, Qinghai aluminium plant — China
Aluminium Smelter in China. Approximate location 36.61733, 101.7762.
Aluminium SmelterChinaCO₂ not individually reported
Xining, Qinghai 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 Qinghai Baihe Aluminium 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-3672992.
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
- Xining Aiyuan Landfill · Gas · 2 MW · 4 km
- Huaneng Xining power station · Coal · 700 MW · 13 km
- Qinghai Xining power station · Biomass · 70 MW · 18 km
- Qinghai Wanxiang A&M power station · Coal · 700 MW · 25 km
- CPI Xining power station · Coal · 1,320 MW · 25 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 Xining, Qinghai 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 Qinghai Baihe Aluminium Co Ltd. All facilities by this operator →
Local climate
Xining, Qinghai aluminium plant sits in a monsoon warm-summer continental climate zone (Köppen Dwb), at 36.6°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 thermal cycling the leading environmental stress.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1446 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.11× 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
- Xibu aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter
- Qinghai Xinye aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 1,168,826 t CO₂
- Xining, Qinghai (Wuchan Industry) aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter
- Xining Special Steel Co Ltd · Steel Plant · 1,540,950 t CO₂
- Qinghai Xining aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 1,434,468 t CO₂
- Qinghai Wanrong Calcium Industry Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant
Location
Coordinates 36.61733, 101.7762. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Xining, Qinghai aluminium plant?
Xining, Qinghai 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 Xining, Qinghai aluminium plant emit?
The open dataset used here does not include a facility-level CO₂ value for Xining, Qinghai aluminium plant.
Where is Xining, Qinghai aluminium plant located?
Xining, Qinghai aluminium plant is in China at approximately 36.61733, 101.7762.
Who operates Xining, Qinghai aluminium plant?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is Qinghai Baihe Aluminium Co Ltd.