The 20 largest iron & steel CO2 emitters worldwide. Integrated BF-BOF route ≈1.9 t/t — the single biggest CBAM-exposed product category by volume.
| # | Facility | Country | t CO2/yr (est. 2023) | Value at €75.36/t |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | POSCO Gwangyang steel plant | South Korea | 34,799,208 | €2,622.5M |
| 2 | Angang Steel Co Ltd | China | 31,049,504 | €2,339.9M |
| 3 | Wuhan Iron and Steel Co Ltd | China | 25,916,033 | €1,953.0M |
| 4 | Maanshan Iron and Steel Co Ltd | China | 25,389,837 | €1,913.4M |
| 5 | Inner Mongolia BaoTou Steel Union Co Ltd | China | 25,167,415 | €1,896.6M |
| 6 | POSCO Pohang steel plant | South Korea | 24,457,044 | €1,843.1M |
| 7 | Baoshan Iron and Steel Co Ltd Headquarters | China | 23,974,641 | €1,806.7M |
| 8 | Zhangjiagang Hongchang Steel Co Ltd | China | 21,886,764 | €1,649.4M |
| 9 | Shougang Jingtang United Iron and Steel Co Ltd | China | 21,766,330 | €1,640.3M |
| 10 | NLMK Lipetsk steel plant | Russian Federation | 20,558,330 | €1,549.3M |
| 11 | Hyundai Steel Dangjin steel plant | South Korea | 20,049,392 | €1,510.9M |
| 12 | Rizhao Steel Holding Group Co Ltd | China | 19,273,891 | €1,452.5M |
| 13 | JFE West Japan Works (Fukuyama) steel plant | Japan | 19,085,123 | €1,438.3M |
| 14 | Bengang Steel Plates Co Ltd | China | 18,600,996 | €1,401.8M |
| 15 | ThyssenKrupp Steel Duisburg steel plant | Germany | 17,975,297 | €1,354.6M |
| 16 | Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works | Russian Federation | 17,594,774 | €1,325.9M |
| 17 | Tata Steel Jamshedpur steel plant | India | 16,653,502 | €1,255.0M |
| 18 | Xinyu Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd | China | 16,560,215 | €1,248.0M |
| 19 | Severstal Cherepovets steel plant | Russian Federation | 16,537,222 | €1,246.2M |
| 20 | JSW Steel Vijayanagar steel plant | India | 15,936,581 | €1,201.0M |
Source: Climate TRACE satellite estimates (2023) via our IndustryAtlas (30,000+ facilities) — indicative, not verified declarations; corrections welcome. Indicative value = est. emissions × CBAM certificate €75.36 (Q1 2026 official); actual CBAM applies only to EU-bound export share.
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