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Data layer · est. 2023

Iron & steel in India: emitters, CO2 & carbon value

59 tracked facilities, ≈188,820,298 t CO2/yr combined — here are the largest, what that CO2 is worth at current prices, and the sector's reduction pathway. Full sector pathway: decarbonizing iron & steel.

The numbers

Iron & steel in India at a glance

MetricValueNote
Facilities tracked59with CO2 estimates
Total est. CO2188,820,298 t/yrClimate TRACE 2023
Average per facility3,200,344 t/yr
Gross value (full price)€14,229M/yrall tracked CO2 × €75.36/t CBAM ref — before free allocation / EU-bound share
📦 Iron & steel is a CBAM sector. EU-bound exports from India pay the border price on the 2026→2034 phase-in — how CBAM works.

No carbon-pricing instrument is tracked for this country on this hub — exporters of CBAM goods to the EU still pay the border price with no domestic deduction.

Largest emitters

Top 10 iron & steel CO2 emitters in India

#FacilityOwnert CO2/yr (est. 2023)Indicative value
1Tata Steel Jamshedpur steel plantTata Steel Ltd16,653,502€1,255.0M
2JSW Steel Vijayanagar steel plantJSW Steel Ltd15,936,581€1,201.0M
3ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel Hazira PlantArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India Ltd15,609,806€1,176.4M
4JSW Steel Dolvi steel plantJSW Steel Ltd12,615,767€950.7M
5RINL Vizag Steel plantRashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd10,029,367€755.8M
6SAIL Bhilai steel plantSteel Authority of India Ltd9,903,392€746.3M
7JSPL Angul steel plantJindal Steel & Power Ltd9,766,470€736.0M
8Tata Steel Kalinganagar steel plantTata Steel Ltd8,354,552€629.6M
9Tata Steel BSL Meramandali steel plantTata Steel Ltd8,257,185€622.3M
10JSW BPSL Jharsuguda steel plantJSW Steel Ltd8,032,381€605.3M

Climate TRACE satellite estimates via IndustryAtlas — modelled, not verified; some entries aggregate clusters. Corrections welcome.

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Same industry, other countries
Iron & steel in China
1,317,489,541 t CO2/yr
Iron & steel in Japan
101,526,243 t CO2/yr
Iron & steel in Russian Federation
86,914,845 t CO2/yr
Iron & steel in South Korea
81,601,450 t CO2/yr
Iron & steel in United States
59,333,385 t CO2/yr
Other industries in India
Cement in India
163,155,130 t CO2/yr
Oil refining in India
70,283,893 t CO2/yr
Oil & gas production in India
55,285,907 t CO2/yr
Chemicals in India
43,565,710 t CO2/yr
Aluminium in India
22,562,362 t CO2/yr
FAQ

Questions

How many iron & steel facilities does India have with tracked emissions?
59 facilities carry satellite-based CO2 estimates in our dataset (Climate TRACE 2023), totalling ≈188,820,298 t CO2/yr.
What is the largest iron & steel emitter in India?
Tata Steel Jamshedpur steel plant — ≈16,653,502 t CO2/yr (est. 2023). Estimates are modelled, not verified declarations.
What would this CO2 cost at the CBAM price?
The gross full-price value is ≈€14,229M/yr (all tracked CO2 × €75.36/t CBAM ref). Actual CBAM liability is far smaller: it falls only on emissions embedded in EU-bound exports, and only on the phased-in share — 2.5% in 2026 rising to 100% by 2034 (Reg (EU) 2023/956).
How this page is built: heat-loss figures follow ASTM C680 / ISO 12241 (the method behind our public calculators); facility emissions from Climate TRACE & EU ETS verified data across 30,000+ industrial sites; the 2026–2034 schedule is Regulation (EU) 2023/956, not a forecast. Published by Inzonex Research. Spotted an error? Tell us — we correct on evidence.
Source: Inzonex Carbon Hub — inzonex.co.uk/carbon · prices dated as shown on each figure · schedule per Regulation (EU) 2023/956 · indicative analytics, not compliance advice.