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

10 tracked facilities, ≈15,822,137 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 Malaysia at a glance

Metric	Value	Note
Facilities tracked	10	with CO2 estimates
Total est. CO2	15,822,137 t/yr	Climate TRACE 2023
Average per facility	1,582,214 t/yr
Indicative carbon value	€1,192M/yr	at €75.36/t CBAM

📦 Iron & steel is a CBAM sector. EU-bound exports from Malaysia 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 Malaysia

#	Facility	Owner	t CO2/yr (est. 2023)	Indicative value
1	Alliance Steel Kuantan plant	Alliance Steel (M) Sdn Bhd	5,127,624	€386.4M
2	Eastern Steel Kemaman plant	Eastern Steel Sdn Bhd	4,167,355	€314.1M
3	Malaysia Steel Works Klang	Malaysia Steel Works (KL) Bhd	2,409,370	€181.6M
4	Lion Industries Amsteel Banting steel plant	Amsteel Mills Sdn Bhd	1,173,959	€88.5M
5	Ann Joo Steel Selangor plant	Ann Joo Steel Bhd	877,549	€66.1M
6	Lion Industries Megasteel plant	Megasteel Sdn Bhd	813,464	€61.3M
7	Ann Joo Integrated Steel Penang plant	Ann Joo Integrated Steel Sdn Bhd	642,630	€48.4M
8	Eden Flame Johor steel plant	Eden Flame Sdn Bhd	266,918	€20.1M
9	Southern Steel Prai Penang plant	Southern Steel Bhd	177,766	€13.4M
10	Lion Industries Amsteel Klang steel plant	Amsteel Mills Sdn Bhd	165,502	€12.5M

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

1,319,029,532 t CO2/yr

Iron & steel in India

188,820,298 t CO2/yr

Iron & steel in Japan

101,717,091 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

Other industries in Malaysia

Oil & gas production in Malaysia

61,051,818 t CO2/yr

Cement in Malaysia

9,226,737 t CO2/yr

Oil refining in Malaysia

7,136,143 t CO2/yr

Textiles, leather & apparel in Malaysia

1,258 t CO2/yr

FAQ

Questions

How many iron & steel facilities does Malaysia have with tracked emissions?

10 facilities carry satellite-based CO2 estimates in our dataset (Climate TRACE 2023), totalling ≈15,822,137 t CO2/yr.

What is the largest iron & steel emitter in Malaysia?

Alliance Steel Kuantan plant — ≈5,127,624 t CO2/yr (est. 2023). Estimates are modelled, not verified declarations.

What would this CO2 cost at the CBAM price?

≈€1,192M per year at €75.36/t — indicative full-price value; actual cost depends on the EU-bound export share.

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 — manufacturer of modular removable insulation (UK Patent GB2508992.1). Spotted an error? Tell us — we correct on evidence.