Taiheiyo Cement Omi Cement Plant

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Taiheiyo Cement Omi Cement Plant (デンカ株式会社 近江セメント工場) is an integrated cement plant operating in Itoigawa, Niigata, Japan.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the cement plant in Itoigawa, Niigata, Japan:

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Coordinates (WGS 84): 37.009661, 137.782990 (exact)

Background

Taiheiyo Cement Corporation ("Pacific Ocean Cement Corporation") (太平洋セメント株式会社, Taiheiyō Semento Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese cement company, formed in 1998 with the merger of Chichibu Onoda (itself a merger of Chichibu Cement and Onoda Cement) and Nihon Cement (formerly Asano Cement).

The Omi plant was established by Denka in 1921 and started manufacturing carbide. The cement production began in 1954. In 2022, Taiheiyo Cement agreed to buy the cement business of chemicals company Denka. Denka operates the Omi integrated plant in Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture.

Cement Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant type	Plant status	Start date
integrated	Operating	1954

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
Taiheiyo Cement Corp [100.0%]	E100001000932 [100.0%]	Taiheiyo Cement Corp [100.0%] (デンカ株式会社 (Japanese) [100%])	E100001000932 [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)
2.69	1.996	–

Table 4: Cement Production

Primary cement color	Primary cement type	Production type	Green cement technology
grey	blended	dry	Alternative fuels

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Additional data

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