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Industrial facilities in continental climate zones

This open dataset places 4,896 industrial facilities in continental Köppen-Geiger climate zones. The 4,859 with a reported CO₂ figure emit about 1,435 Mt CO₂e/yr combined. The most common facility type here is food & beverage.

4,896facilities
4,859with reported CO₂
1.4B tCO₂e/yr

Facility types in continental zones

Food & Beverage: 2,967 facilities3kFood & Bev…Lime Plant: 390 facilities390Lime PlantCement Plant: 331 facilities331Cement Pla…Textiles: 210 facilities210TextilesSteel Plant: 196 facilities196Steel PlantChemical Plant: 182 facilities182Chemical P…Refinery: 148 facilities148RefineryMetals Plant: 143 facilities143Metals Pla…

Climate class: Köppen-Geiger (WorldClim). Facilities: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Largest emitters (Mt CO₂e/yr)

Angang Steel Co Ltd: 31 Mt CO2e/yr31Angang Ste…Shougang Jingtang United Iron and Steel Co Ltd: 22 Mt CO2e/yr22Shougang J…NLMK Lipetsk steel plant: 21 Mt CO2e/yr21NLMK Lipet…Bengang Steel Plates Co Ltd: 19 Mt CO2e/yr19Bengang St…Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works: 18 Mt CO2e/yr18Magnitogor…Severstal Cherepovets steel plant: 17 Mt CO2e/yr17Severstal …Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel Co Ltd: 14 Mt CO2e/yr14Shanxi Tai…Hebei Donghai Special Steel Co Ltd: 14 Mt CO2e/yr14Hebei Dong…Hebei Zongheng Group Fengnan Iron and Steel Co Ltd: 13 Mt CO2e/yr13Hebei Zong…Hebei Yanshan Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd: 12 Mt CO2e/yr12Hebei Yans…

Measured CO₂e: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Largest facilities in continental zones

#FacilityTypeCountryt CO₂e/yr
1Angang Steel Co LtdSteel PlantChina31,049,504
2Shougang Jingtang United Iron and Steel Co LtdSteel PlantChina21,766,330
3NLMK Lipetsk steel plantSteel PlantRussian Federation20,558,330
4Bengang Steel Plates Co LtdSteel PlantChina18,600,996
5Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel WorksSteel PlantRussian Federation17,594,774
6Severstal Cherepovets steel plantSteel PlantRussian Federation16,537,222
7Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel Co LtdSteel PlantChina14,249,763
8Hebei Donghai Special Steel Co LtdSteel PlantChina14,154,253
9Hebei Zongheng Group Fengnan Iron and Steel Co LtdSteel PlantChina12,606,504
10Hebei Yanshan Iron and Steel Group Co LtdSteel PlantChina12,483,915
11Chengde Iron and Steel Group Co LtdSteel PlantChina11,627,442
12Hebei Anfeng Iron and Steel Co LtdSteel PlantChina11,279,495
13Angang Steel Co Ltd Bayuquan branchSteel PlantChina11,136,333
14Shaanxi Longmen Steel Co LtdSteel PlantChina11,124,202
15U.S. Steel Gary WorksSteel PlantUnited States10,875,917

Cite this

Inzonex IndustryAtlas (2026). Industrial facilities by Köppen climate zone — Continental. Derived from Climate TRACE v6 and Köppen-Geiger/WorldClim (CC BY 4.0). https://inzonex.co.uk/industryatlas/climate/continental/

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