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Global Database of Cement Production Assets

The Global Database of Cement Production Assets provides information on global cement production plants that are operational today. The database contains 3,117 cement plants with exact geolocation and provides information about ownership, production type, plant type, capacity and production start year where available.

The process consists of three steps: the mixing of limestone with other materials; the heating of the limestone mixture to produce clinker and the grinding of clinker with different ingredients to produce cement. The grinding process can happen in integrated facilities where the clinker is also produced or in independent grinding facilities closer to its end market. While the bulk of greenhouse gas emissions associated with cement production stem from clinker production and integrated facilities, the database covers both integrated as well as independent grinding facilities.

Citation

McCarten, M., Bayaraa, M., Caldecott, B., Christiaen, C., Foster, P., Hickey, C., Kampmann, D.,
Layman, C., Rossi, C., Scott, K., Tang, K., Tkachenko, N., and Yoken, D. 2021.
Global Database of Cement Production Assets. Spatial Finance Initiative

Additional Information about the Spatial Finance Initiative can be found here

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SNo Field Field_Description GEE_Field
1 accuracy The accuracy of the latitude and longitude accuracy
2 capacity Total cement production capacity (millions of tons) cap
3 capacity_source Source used to obtain or estimate the capacity, either a link to reported capacity information or "Estimated." If "Estimated" then the capacity has been modelled based on annotated kiln and plant dimensions. cap_sr
4 city City in which the plant is located city
5 country Country in which the plant is located country
6 country_code Three-digit country code defined in ISO 3166-1 numeric country_code
7 iso3 Three-letter country code defined in ISO 3166-1 alpha 3 iso3
8 owner_name Name of the primary owner of the plant ow_name
9 owner_permid PermID of the primary owner of the plant* ow_pid
10 owner_source Source reporting the ownership link between the plant and owner ow_source
11 ownership_stake The percentage ownership attributed to the parent company if the plant is a joint venture. If the plant is majority owned by a single parent company then this column will be blank ow_stake
12 ownership_stake_2 The percentage ownership attributed to the 2nd parent company if the plant is a joint venture ow_stake2
13 parent_exchange The primary exchange for the ultimate parent, if the company is publicly traded pr_exc
14 parent_exchange_2 The primary exchange for the 2nd ultimate parent, if the company is publicly traded pr_exc2
15 parent_holding_status The holding status of the ultimate parent (Private or Public) pr_hstat
16 parent_holding_status_2 The holding status of the 2nd ultimate parent (Private or Public) pr_hstat_2
17 parent_lei Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) of the ultimate parent of the owner of the plant pr_lei
18 parent_lei_2 Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) of the 2nd ultimate parent pr_lei2
19 parent_name Name of the ultimate parent of the owner of the plant pr_name
20 parent_name_2 Name of the 2nd ultimate parent of the owner of the plant pr_name2
21 parent_permid PermID of the ultimate parent of the owner of the plant* pr_pid
22 parent_permid_2 PermID of the 2nd ultimate parent of the owner of the plant* pr_pid2
23 parent_ticker The primary ticker for the ultimate parent, if the company is publicly traded pr_tkr
24 parent_ticker_2 The primary ticker for the 2nd ultimate parent, if the company is publicly traded pr_tkr2
25 plant_type The type of cement plant (Integrated or Grinding) plant_type
26 production_type The production process used to produce the clinker at Integrated plants (Wet or Dry) prod_type
27 region Region in which the plant is located region
28 state State or province in which the plant is located state
29 status Current plant operating status status
30 sub_region Subregion in which the plant is located sub_region
31 uid Unique identifier for the cement plant uid
32 year Year the plant started production year

Earth Engine Snippet

var global_cement = ee.FeatureCollection("projects/sat-io/open-datasets/SFI/global_cement_database_20210701")

Sample Code: https://code.earthengine.google.com/?scriptPath=users/sat-io/awesome-gee-catalog-examples:global-utilities-assets-amenities/GLOBAL-CEMENT-PRODUCTION-ASSETS

Acknowledgements

Both databases have been developed by the Oxford Sustainable Finance Programme, Satellite Applications Catapult, and The Alan Turing Institute as part of the Spatial Finance Initiative ‘s GeoAsset Project. Project FAQ's can be found here

License

The Global Database of Cement Production Assets can be used by others and is available under a CC BY 4.0 license

Data download page: Download Request Form

Curated in GEE by: Samapriya Roy

Keywords: : GeoAsset Project, Oxford Sustainable Finance Programme, Satellite Applications Catapult, Alan Turing Institute, McCarten et al , cement , Global database

Last updated: 2021-07-16