Al Ghayl Cement Plant

Al Ghayl Cement Plant is a cement plant in United Arab Emirates with a reported capacity of 1,200,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Pioneer Cement Industries LLC. By capacity it ranks #10 of 12 cement plants tracked in United Arab Emirates. It emits about 610,523 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 142,313 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 41% above the median cement plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-32437209.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 1,200,000 t of cement, Al Ghayl Cement Plant é abaixo de a mediana de cement plant em United Arab Emirates (2,700,000 t of cement). Seu CO₂ por unidade de capacidade é aproximadamente 26% acima de a mediana de cement plant. Subsetor: cement. Como cement plant, requer calor de processo intenso (tipicamente 800–1400°C) para suas operações industriais centrais — calor que deve ser fornecido por caldeiras, fornos ou combustão direta, e as perdas através de vasos e tubulações não isolados representam combustível desperdiçado. O isolamento modular removível pode reduzir essas perdas em 80–96%, esfriando superfícies a ≤45°C, com payback geralmente inferior a 2 anos. As cimenteiras aquecem calcário a 1.400°C em fornos rotativos — um dos processos industriais mais quentes — e devem controlar a temperatura com precisão em todo o comprimento do forno.

Comparação de capacidade e intensidade de CO₂ calculada a partir dos dados de instalações industriais Climate TRACE; função do setor baseada em referência de engenharia.

What 610,523 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's reported annual CO₂e in the 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 United Arab Emirates

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

Operator

Operated by Pioneer Cement Industries LLC. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Al Ghayl Cement Plant sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 25.4°N in the northern hemisphere.

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

How it compares & nearby sites

The #10 largest of 12 cement plants in United Arab Emirates by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• JK Cement Ras Al-Khaimah Plant · Cement Plant · 1,218,731 t CO₂
• Star Cement Ras Al-Khaimah Plant · Cement Plant · 781,108 t CO₂
• Al Banah Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 864,406 t CO₂
• Fujairah Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 561,921 t CO₂
• Al Saajah Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,360,845 t CO₂
• Ecomar Fujairah Refinery · Refinery · 364,095 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 25.38703, 55.96714. View on OpenStreetMap.

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