Steel Plant in Mexico. Approximate location 22.10229, -100.91717.
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Grupo Simec San Luis steel plants is a steel plant in Mexico with a reported capacity of 816,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Aceros Especiales Simec Tlaxcala SA de CV. By capacity it ranks #11 of 14 steel plants tracked in Mexico. It emits about 40,447 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 9,428 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 91% below the median steel plant.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566985.
Bei 816,000 t of steel ist Grupo Simec San Luis steel plants unter dem Medianwert von steel plant in Mexico (1,330,000 t of steel). Sein CO₂ pro Kapazitätseinheit liegt ungefähr 20% 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.
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 Aceros Especiales Simec Tlaxcala SA de CV. All facilities by this operator →
Grupo Simec San Luis steel plants sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSk), at 22.1°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #11 largest of 14 steel plants in Mexico by reported capacity.
Coordinates 22.10229, -100.91717. View on OpenStreetMap.
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Grupo Simec San Luis steel plants is a steel plant in Mexico. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace).
Grupo Simec San Luis steel plants has a reported capacity of 816,000 t of steel.
Grupo Simec San Luis steel plants emits about 40,447 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 9,428 cars. That ranks #59 among tracked facilities in Mexico.
Grupo Simec San Luis steel plants is in Mexico, near coordinates 22.10229, -100.91717.
Grupo Simec San Luis steel plants is operated by Aceros Especiales Simec Tlaxcala SA de CV.