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Industrial facilities in Asia

10,667 industrial facilities across 44 countries in Asia — sector mix, biggest CO₂ emitters and a country breakdown from open data.

10,667facilities
44countries
2812with CO₂ estimate
4.3B tCO₂e/yr

Industry mix in Asia

Textiles: 6,257 facilities6kTextilesCement Plant: 1,372 facilities1kCement Pla…Lime Plant: 1,350 facilities1kLime PlantSteel Plant: 603 facilities603Steel PlantRefinery: 309 facilities309RefineryChemical Plant: 245 facilities245Chemical P…Aluminium Smelter: 191 facilities191Aluminium …Pulp & Paper Mill: 127 facilities127Pulp & Pap…

Facility counts by sector, Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Biggest industrial CO₂ emitters in Asia

#FacilityTypeCountryt CO₂e/yr
1POSCO Gwangyang steel plantSteel PlantSouth Korea34,799,208
2Baise Prefecture CityAluminium SmelterChina33,057,794
3Angang Steel Co LtdSteel PlantChina31,049,504
4Wuhan Iron and Steel Co LtdSteel PlantChina25,916,033
5Maanshan Iron and Steel Co LtdSteel PlantChina25,389,837
6Inner Mongolia BaoTou Steel Union Co LtdSteel PlantChina25,167,415
7POSCO Pohang steel plantSteel PlantSouth Korea24,457,044
8Baoshan Iron and Steel Co Ltd HeadquartersSteel PlantChina23,974,641
9Zhangjiagang Hongchang Steel Co LtdSteel PlantChina21,886,764
10Shougang Jingtang United Iron and Steel Co LtdSteel PlantChina21,766,330
11Hyundai Steel Dangjin steel plantSteel PlantSouth Korea20,049,392
12Golmud (Qarhan) Chemical ComplexChemical PlantChina19,583,307
13Rizhao Steel Holding Group Co LtdSteel PlantChina19,273,891
14JFE West Japan Works (Fukuyama) steel plantSteel PlantJapan19,085,123
15RPL (Reliance Petroleum Limited) Jamnagar RefineryRefineryIndia18,862,552

Ranked by estimated annual CO₂e (modelled). Placeholder sector defaults excluded. Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

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