Lappeenranta Cement Plant

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Lappeenranta Cement Plant (Paraisten tehdas) is an integrated cement plant operating in Lappeenranta, South Karelia, Finland.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the cement plant in Lappeenranta, South Karelia, Finland:

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Coordinates (WGS 84): 61.031122, 28.174977 (exact)

Background

The Lappeenranta cement plant has undergone several modernization projects in line with owner Finnsementti's goals to decrease CO₂ emissions by 30% by 2030 compared to 2021 levels. In 2019, a Turbu-Flex burner systems was installed in the clinker kilns, in 2022 energy provider St1 announced plans to establish a 25,000t/yr renewably powered synthetic methanol plant, and in 2023 the owners announced plans with Aker Carbon Capture to carry out a pre-engineering study for a planned carbon capture system.

Cement Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant type	Plant status	Start date
integrated	Operating	1914

Table 2: Ownership Details

Additional information including parent company references and full ownership trees available at the Global Energy Ownership Tracker.

Parent company	Parent company GEM ID	Owner name	Owner company GEM ID
CRH PLC [100.0%]	E100000131458 [100.0%]	Finnsementti Oy [100%]	E100002006521 [100.0%]

Table 3: Capacities

Cement capacity (million metric tonnes per annum)	Clinker capacity (million metric tonnes per annum)	Unspecified capacity (million metric tonnes per annum)
0.55	0.5	–

Table 4: Cement Production

Primary cement color	Primary cement type	Production type	Green cement technology
grey	unknown	dry	Carbon capture, utilization, and/or storage ; Alternative fuels

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Additional data

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