Ras Al Khair aluminium plant

Ras Al Khair aluminium plant is an aluminium smelter in Saudi Arabia with a reported capacity of 804,000 t of alumina/aluminum. It smelts alumina into primary aluminium by high-current electrolysis. It is operated by Ma’aden Aluminium . By capacity it ranks #1 of 2 aluminium smelters tracked in Saudi Arabia. It emits about 1,708,611 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 398,278 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-43765123.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 804,000 t of alumina/aluminum, Ras Al Khair aluminium plant é em torno de a mediana de aluminium smelter em Saudi Arabia (804,000 t of alumina/aluminum). Subsetor: aluminum. Como aluminium smelter, requer calor de processo intenso (tipicamente 600–900°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 fundições de alumínio usam grandes correntes elétricas para refinar alumina em alumínio fundido acima de 900°C, e o metal quente deve fluir através de cadinhos e equipamentos de fundição.

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 1,708,611 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 aluminium smelters in Saudi Arabia

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

Operator

Operated by Ma’aden Aluminium .

Local climate

Ras Al Khair aluminium plant sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 27.5°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 #1 largest of 2 aluminium smelters in Saudi Arabia by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Jubail Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 2,287,038 t CO₂
• SAU-Al Jubayl_methanol · Chemical Plant · 1,795,672 t CO₂
• Al Jubayl Governorate · Aluminium Smelter · 245,373 t CO₂
• Jubail United Petrochemical Co. , Al Jubail, · Petrochemical · 1,981,593 t CO₂
• Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Co. , Al Jubail, · Petrochemical · 2,064,262 t CO₂
• Eastern Petrochemical Co. (SHARQ), Al Jubail, · Petrochemical · 2,456,171 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 27.52369, 49.17802. View on OpenStreetMap.

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