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Cement plants worldwide

A directory of 2,160 cement plants across 141 countries — burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. Capacity, owner, location and CO₂ from open data.

2,160cement plants
141countries
2160with reported CO₂
1.6B tCO₂e/yr total

Top countries by number of cement plants

China: 739 facilities739ChinaIndia: 160 facilities160IndiaUnited States: 86 facilities86United Sta…Iran: 69 facilities69IranVietnam: 60 facilities60VietnamBrazil: 57 facilities57BrazilTürkiye: 57 facilities57TürkiyeRussian Federation: 53 facilities53Russian Fe…Mexico: 35 facilities35MexicoGermany: 32 facilities32Germany

Facility counts, Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Largest cement plants

#FacilityCountryt of cement
1Jinfeng Cement PlantChina20,000,000
2Obajana Cement PlantNigeria16,250,000
3Jiangxi Ya Dong Cement Corp Ltd Cement PlantChina14,000,000
4TPI Polene Mittaphap Cement PlantThailand13,500,000
5Sokoto Cement PlantNigeria12,500,000
6National Cement New Beni Suef Cement PlantEgypt12,000,000
7China Resources Cement (Fengkai) Ltd Cement PlantChina12,000,000
8Sichuan Xingchuancheng Cement Co.,Ltd. Cement PlantChina12,000,000
9Sichuan Easun Cement Group Co. Cement PlantChina12,000,000
10Sichuan Esheng Cement Group Co Ltd Cement PlantChina12,000,000
11Ojibawo Cement PlantNigeria12,000,000
12Semen Gresik Tuban Cement PlantIndonesia11,900,000
13Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Citeureup Cement PlantIndonesia11,900,000
14Sungshin Cement Danyang Cement PlantSouth Korea11,300,000
15Lucky Cement Pezu Cement PlantPakistan10,250,000

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Frequently asked questions

How many cement plants are there worldwide?
2,160 cement plants across 141 countries are tracked in this open dataset.
Which country has the most cement plants?
China — 739 cement plants.
What is the largest cement plant?
Jinfeng Cement Plant in China, by reported capacity.
How much CO₂ do these cement plants emit?
Together about 1,589,618,516 tonnes of CO₂e per year (reported facilities).
Where does the data come from?
Climate TRACE v6 — asset-level capacity and CO₂e emissions (CC BY 4.0).

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