Acerinox Columbus Stainless steel plant

Acerinox Columbus Stainless steel plant is a steel plant in South Africa with a reported capacity of 850,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Columbus Stainless (Pty) Ltd. By capacity it ranks #3 of 4 steel plants tracked in South Africa. It emits about 94,444 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 22,015 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 79% below the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1567186.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 850,000 t of steel, Acerinox Columbus Stainless steel plant está por debajo de la mediana de steel plant en South Africa (1,899,000 t of steel). Su CO₂ por unidad de capacidad es aproximadamente 91% por debajo de la mediana de steel plant. Subsector: iron-and-steel. Como steel plant, requiere calor de proceso intenso (típicamente 800–1500°C) para sus operaciones industriales centrales — calor que debe ser suministrado por calderas, hornos o combustión directa, y las pérdidas a través de recipientes y tuberías sin aislar representan combustible desperdiciado. El aislamiento modular desmontable puede reducir esas pérdidas en un 80–96%, enfriando superficies a ≤45°C, con amortización a menudo inferior a 2 años. Las plantas de acero queman carbón en altos hornos o utilizan arcos eléctricos para fundir chatarra; en ambos casos el metal fundido debe mantenerse por encima de 1.500°C y transferirse a través de tuberías y recipientes calientes extensos.

Comparación de capacidad e intensidad de CO₂ calculada a partir de datos de instalaciones industriales de Climate TRACE; papel del sector basado en referencia de ingeniería.

What 94,444 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 South Africa

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

Operator

Operated by Columbus Stainless (Pty) Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Acerinox Columbus Stainless steel plant sits in a subtropical highland climate zone (Köppen Cwb), at 25.8°S in the southern hemisphere.

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

How it compares & nearby sites

The #3 largest of 4 steel plants in South Africa by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Sasol Polymers Secunda, Secunda · Petrochemical · 1,151,305 t CO₂
• ZAF-Gert Sibande_ammonia · Chemical Plant · 1,240,800 t CO₂
• Pretoria Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 239,414 t CO₂
• Scaw Metals Group Germiston plant · Steel Plant · 493,095 t CO₂
• ArcelorMittal Vanderbijlpark Steel Works · Steel Plant · 4,161,451 t CO₂
• Natref Sasolburg Refinery · Refinery · 771,500 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates -25.79315, 29.49744. View on OpenStreetMap.

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