MMK Türkiye Metallurgical Payas plant

MMK Türkiye Metallurgical Payas plant is a steel plant in Türkiye with a reported capacity of 2,500,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by MMK Metalurji Sanayi Ticaret ve Liman Isletmeciligi AŞ. By capacity it ranks #8 of 26 steel plants tracked in Türkiye. It emits about 788,516 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 183,803 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 42% below the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1567076.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 2,500,000 t of steel ist MMK Türkiye Metallurgical Payas plant deutlich über dem Medianwert von steel plant in Türkiye (1,400,000 t of steel). Sein CO₂ pro Kapazitätseinheit liegt ungefähr 238% 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.

What 788,516 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 Türkiye

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

Operator

Operated by MMK Metalurji Sanayi Ticaret ve Liman Isletmeciligi AŞ. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

MMK Türkiye Metallurgical Payas plant sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csa), at 36.8°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 #8 largest of 26 steel plants in Türkiye by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Aba Iron and Steel Payas plant · Steel Plant · 192,634 t CO₂
• Isdemir Payas steel plant · Steel Plant · 8,310,166 t CO₂
• Ekinciler Iron and Steel Iskenderun plant · Steel Plant · 218,903 t CO₂
• Toscelik Iskenderun steel plant · Steel Plant · 207,036 t CO₂
• Yazici Iron and Steel Iskenderun plant · Steel Plant · 60,597 t CO₂
• Sarımazı Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 582,544 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 36.78141, 36.20565. View on OpenStreetMap.

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