Steel Plant in France. Approximate location 43.43754, 4.89013.
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ArcelorMittal Méditerranée Fos sur Mer steel plant is a steel plant in France with a reported capacity of 5,100,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by ArcelorMittal Méditerranée SAS. By capacity it ranks #2 of 11 steel plants tracked in France. It emits about 4,780,174 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 1,114,260 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 73% above the median steel plant.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566817.
Bei 5,100,000 t of steel ist ArcelorMittal Méditerranée Fos sur Mer steel plant deutlich über dem Medianwert von steel plant in France (825,000 t of steel). Sein CO₂ pro Kapazitätseinheit liegt ungefähr 2327% über dem Medianwert von steel plant. 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.
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.
Reported capacity (t of steel), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).
Operated by ArcelorMittal Méditerranée SAS. All facilities by this operator →
ArcelorMittal Méditerranée Fos sur Mer steel plant sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csa), at 43.4°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #2 largest of 11 steel plants in France by reported capacity.
Coordinates 43.43754, 4.89013. View on OpenStreetMap.
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ArcelorMittal Méditerranée Fos sur Mer steel plant is a steel plant in France. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace).
ArcelorMittal Méditerranée Fos sur Mer steel plant has a reported capacity of 5,100,000 t of steel.
ArcelorMittal Méditerranée Fos sur Mer steel plant emits about 4,780,174 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 1,114,260 cars. That ranks #2 among tracked facilities in France.
ArcelorMittal Méditerranée Fos sur Mer steel plant is in France, near coordinates 43.43754, 4.89013.
ArcelorMittal Méditerranée Fos sur Mer steel plant is operated by ArcelorMittal Méditerranée SAS.