ArcelorMittal Acindar Villa Constitución steel plant

ArcelorMittal Acindar Villa Constitución steel plant is a steel plant in Argentina with a reported capacity of 2,000,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Acindar Industria Argentina de Aceros SA. By capacity it ranks #2 of 4 steel plants tracked in Argentina. It emits about 522,018 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 121,683 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 52% below the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566425.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 2,000,000 t of steel ist ArcelorMittal Acindar Villa Constitución steel plant etwa um dem Medianwert von steel plant in Argentina (2,000,000 t of steel). Untersektor: iron-and-steel. Als steel plant benötigt es intensive Prozesswärme (typischerweise 800–1500°C) für seinen Kernbetrieb — Wärme, die durch Dampfkessel, Öfen oder direkte Verbrennung geliefert werden muss, und Verluste durch ungedämmte Behälter und Rohrleitungen stellen verschwendeten Brennstoff dar. Modulare abnehmbare Dämmung kann diese Verluste um 80–96% senken, Oberflächen auf ≤45°C kühlen, mit Amortisationszeiten oft unter 2 Jahren. Stahlwerke verbrennen Kohle in Hochöfen oder nutzen Lichtbogenöfen zum Schmelzen von Schrott; in beiden Fällen muss das geschmolzene Metall über 1.500°C gehalten und durch umfangreiche heiße Rohrleitungen und Behälter geleitet werden.

Vergleich von Kapazität und CO₂-Intensität berechnet aus Climate TRACE Industrieanlagendaten; Sektorrolle basierend auf Ingenieurreferenz.

What 522,018 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's reported annual CO₂e in the everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest steel plants in Argentina

Reported capacity (t of steel), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Operator

Operated by Acindar Industria Argentina de Aceros SA. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

ArcelorMittal Acindar Villa Constitución steel plant sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 33.3°S in the southern hemisphere.

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

How it compares & nearby sites

The #2 largest of 4 steel plants in Argentina by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Ternium Siderar San Nicolás steel plant · Steel Plant · 3,990,011 t CO₂
• Lavadero Virasoro S.A. · Textiles · 3,282 t CO₂
• Gerdau Sipar Pérez steel plant · Steel Plant · 21,475 t CO₂
• Capitan Bermudez Pulp and Paper · Pulp & Paper Mill · 136,727 t CO₂
• Refisan S.A. San Lorenzo Refinery · Refinery · 510,748 t CO₂
• ARG-San Lorenzo_methanol · Chemical Plant · 60 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates -33.25241, -60.2925. View on OpenStreetMap.

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