Van Steel Kurdistan plant

Van Steel Kurdistan plant is a steel plant in Iraq with a reported capacity of 750,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Van Company for Industrial Investment and General Trading. By capacity it ranks #2 of 4 steel plants tracked in Iraq. It emits about 454,440 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 105,930 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 12% above the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566871.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 750,000 t of steel ist Van Steel Kurdistan plant etwa um dem Medianwert von steel plant in Iraq (750,000 t of steel). Sein CO₂ pro Kapazitätseinheit liegt ungefähr 201% 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 454,440 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 Iraq

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

Operator

Operated by Van Company for Industrial Investment and General Trading. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Van Steel Kurdistan plant sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csa), at 36.1°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 #2 largest of 4 steel plants in Iraq by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• F&F Steel Erbil plant · Steel Plant · 35,642 t CO₂
• KAR Erbil Refinery · Refinery · 259,539 t CO₂
• Makhmur Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 667,429 t CO₂
• INOC Kirkuk Refinery · Refinery · 132,129 t CO₂
• INOC Qayara Refinery · Refinery · 47,189 t CO₂
• Kirkuk Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 690,240 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 36.09105, 43.96782. View on OpenStreetMap.

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