Yunnan Dongyuan aluminium plant — China
Aluminium Smelter in China. Approximate location 24.30507, 101.45724.
Aluminium SmelterChinaCO₂ not individually reported
Yunnan Dongyuan 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. 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-43765190.
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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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 Yunnan Dongyuan 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).
Local climate
Yunnan Dongyuan aluminium plant sits in a subtropical highland climate zone (Köppen Cwb), at 24.3°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 1302 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.00× 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 Yuxi Xianfu Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd · Steel Plant · 3,751,244 t CO₂
- Yimen County Hongjianming Activated Lime Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant
- Yunnan Kunsteel Calcium Magnesium Flux Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant
- Yunnan Huofa Group Liuzongqi Cement Limited Company Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 710,790 t CO₂
- Yunnan Yunjing Forestry Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill
- Yunnan Desheng Iron and Steel Co Ltd · Steel Plant · 2,552,665 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates 24.30507, 101.45724. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Yunnan Dongyuan aluminium plant?
Yunnan Dongyuan 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 Yunnan Dongyuan aluminium plant emit?
The open dataset used here does not include a facility-level CO₂ value for Yunnan Dongyuan aluminium plant.
Where is Yunnan Dongyuan aluminium plant located?
Yunnan Dongyuan aluminium plant is in China at approximately 24.30507, 101.45724.