Xinjiang Yihe aluminium plant — China
Aluminium Smelter in China. Approximate location 44.86348, 89.03809.
Aluminium SmelterChinaCO₂ not individually reported
Xinjiang Yihe 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 Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. 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-3672979.
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
- Xinjiang Qiya Smelter power station · Coal · 2,160 MW · 1 km
- Shenhuo Zhundong power station · Coal · 1,400 MW · 4 km
- Jimsar Wucaiwan Beisan power station · Coal · 2,020 MW · 12 km
- Tianchi Energy Zhundong Wucaiwan power station · Coal · 2,640 MW · 12 km
- Wucaiwan Bei'er power station · Coal · 2,640 MW · 13 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 Xinjiang Yihe 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 Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.
Local climate
Xinjiang Yihe aluminium plant sits in a cold desert climate zone (Köppen BWk), at 44.9°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 thermal cycling the leading environmental stress.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1425 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.10× 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
- Sechuan Qiya aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter
- CHN-Changji Hui_ammonia · Chemical Plant · 3,891,383 t CO₂
- CHN-Changji Hui_methanol · Chemical Plant · 3,650,714 t CO₂
- Xinjiang Zhongjian Western Construction Cement Manufacturing Co. Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 549,172 t CO₂
- Fukang aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter
- Xinjiang Minxin Iron and Steel Group Minhang Special Steel Co Ltd · Steel Plant · 208,060 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates 44.86348, 89.03809. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Xinjiang Yihe aluminium plant?
Xinjiang Yihe 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 Xinjiang Yihe aluminium plant emit?
The open dataset used here does not include a facility-level CO₂ value for Xinjiang Yihe aluminium plant.
Where is Xinjiang Yihe aluminium plant located?
Xinjiang Yihe aluminium plant is in China at approximately 44.86348, 89.03809.
Who operates Xinjiang Yihe aluminium plant?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.