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Musaymir Cement Plant

Cement Plant in Yemen. Approximate location 13.34016, 44.75421.

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Musaymir Cement Plant is a cement plant in Yemen with a reported capacity of 1,600,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by National Cement Co. By capacity it ranks #2 of 6 cement plants tracked in Yemen. It emits about 885,955 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 206,516 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 54% above the median cement plant.

1,600,000t of cement
885,955t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#1CO₂ rank in Yemen
0.55t CO₂ per capacity unit

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1898146.

В контексте: как это предприятие сравнивается

На мощности 1,600,000 t of cement Musaymir Cement Plant — это примерно медианная cement plant в Yemen (1,500,000 t of cement). Его выброс CO₂ на единицу мощности примерно на 36% выше медианной cement plant. Подсектор: cement. Как cement plant, оно требует высокотемпературного технологического тепла (обычно 800–1400°C) для основных промышленных операций — тепла, которое должно подаваться котлами, печами или прямым сжиганием, и потери через неизолированные сосуды и трубопроводы представляют потраченное впустую топливо. Съёмная модульная теплоизоляция может снизить эти потери на 80–96%, охладив поверхность оборудования до ≤45°C, с окупаемостью часто менее 2 лет. Цементные заводы нагревают известняк до 1400°C во вращающихся печах — один из самых горячих промышленных процессов — и должны точно контролировать температуру по всей длине печи.

Сравнение производительности и интенсивности CO₂ рассчитано на основе данных промышленных объектов Climate TRACE; роль сектора основана на инженерных справочниках.

What 885,955 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's reported annual CO₂e in the everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

206,516cars driven for a year
115,539homes' annual energy use
14,765,917tree seedlings grown 10 years

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest cement plants in Yemen

Ba Tays Cement Plant: 1,800,000 t of cement1.8MBa Tays Ce…Musaymir Cement Plant: 1,600,000 t of cement1.6MMusaymir C…Amran Cement Plant: 1,500,000 t of cement1.5MAmran Ceme…Abdullah Gharib Cement Plant: 1,500,000 t of cement1.5MAbdullah G…Bajil Cement Plant: 750,000 t of cement750kBajil Ceme…Asmad Rashid Cement Plant: 500,000 t of cement500kAsmad Rash…

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

Operator

Operated by National Cement Co. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Musaymir Cement Plant sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 13.3°N in the northern hemisphere.

~24°Ctypical annual mean
~34°Ctypical warm-season
Hot desert: warm all year, with distinct wet and dry seasons

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

How it compares & nearby sites

The #2 largest of 6 cement plants in Yemen by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

Location

Coordinates 13.34016, 44.75421. View on OpenStreetMap.

Heat loss & insulation profile

A cement plant like this runs hot equipment that sheds heat continuously: rotary kiln shell, preheater tower, tertiary air duct & kiln hood, clinker-cooler ducts, valves (surface/process temperatures around 200–1,000 °C). These surfaces lose energy to the air year-round; removable modular insulation cuts that loss, brings outer surfaces to ≤45 °C, and unclips for inspection.

60% of cement CO2 is process calcination - NOT insulation-addressable; energy here is the fuel side only.

Indicative recoverable energy

On an already-insulated site (pipes & valves in cladding / jackets), closing the remaining gaps, flanges and damaged sections and switching to removable covers indicatively recovers about 14,000 MWh/yr (≈ 4,700 t CO₂/yr) — scaled to this site's reported CO₂ within its sector. Bare or damaged surfaces recover several times more.

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Indicative, not a measurement. Conservative floor for an already-insulated plant; a TIPCHECK on-site audit gives a measured figure. Industry context: EiiF TIPCHECK — industrial insulation can save ~14 Mtoe/yr in EU, payback typically <2 years.

Safety & the no-regret first step

Bare hot surfaces here exceed the touch-safe limit (EN ISO 13732-1); insulation to ≤45 °C is a worker-safety and compliance win. And before electrification, fuel-switching or CCS, eliminating surface heat loss is the cheapest, fastest, lowest-risk step — audit the bare spots first, rip-and-replace later.

External climate finance your country can access

Domestic energy-efficiency grants are limited here; industrial decarbonisation is mainly funded externally:

Routed via national development banks / accredited entities — not a direct factory grant. Verified 2026.

Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is Musaymir Cement Plant?

Musaymir Cement Plant is a cement plant in Yemen. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement.

What is the capacity of Musaymir Cement Plant?

Musaymir Cement Plant has a reported capacity of 1,600,000 t of cement.

How much CO₂ does Musaymir Cement Plant emit?

Musaymir Cement Plant emits about 885,955 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 206,516 cars. That ranks #1 among tracked facilities in Yemen.

Where is Musaymir Cement Plant located?

Musaymir Cement Plant is in Yemen, near coordinates 13.34016, 44.75421.

Who operates Musaymir Cement Plant?

Musaymir Cement Plant is operated by National Cement Co.

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