Cascade Steel Rolling Mills

Cascade Steel Rolling Mills is a steel plant in United States with a reported capacity of 860,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Cascade Steel Rolling Mills Inc. By capacity it ranks #47 of 75 steel plants tracked in United States. It emits about 53,222 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 12,406 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 89% below the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1567158.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 860,000 t of steel ist Cascade Steel Rolling Mills etwa um dem Medianwert von steel plant in United States (1,000,000 t of steel). Sein CO₂ pro Kapazitätseinheit liegt ungefähr 45% unter 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.

What 53,222 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 United States

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

Operator

Operated by Cascade Steel Rolling Mills Inc. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Cascade Steel Rolling Mills sits in a warm-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csb), at 45.2°N in the northern hemisphere.

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

How it compares & nearby sites

The #47 largest of 75 steel plants in United States by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Advanced Vineyard Systems Inc · Food & Beverage · 4,154 t CO₂
• M Vineyard Services, L.L.C. · Food & Beverage · 4,154 t CO₂
• Willamette Cross Flow, Llc · Food & Beverage · 4,154 t CO₂
• Hernandez Vineyard Services · Food & Beverage · 4,154 t CO₂
• Genius Loci · Food & Beverage · 4,154 t CO₂
• Wine Wood Creations · Food & Beverage · 4,154 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 45.22825, -123.16162. View on OpenStreetMap.

Hot industrial equipment? Cut the heat loss.

Kilns, furnaces, boilers, heat exchangers, valves and steam lines on sites like this lose energy continuously. Inzonex makes patented removable modular insulation for hot industrial equipment:

• Up to 96% less heat loss from insulated surfaces
• Surface temperature down to ≤45°C for worker safety
• 6× faster maintenance access — removable and refittable
• Typical payback up to 2 years

See Inzonex process-equipment insulation →

Frequently asked questions