Steel Plant in Russian Federation. Approximate location 54.99889, 57.26805.
Steel PlantRussian FederationCO₂ reported
Ashinskiy Metallurgical plant is a steel plant in Russian Federation with a reported capacity of 1,000,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Ashinskiy Metzavod PJSC. By capacity it ranks #16 of 26 steel plants tracked in Russian Federation. It emits about 58,892 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 13,728 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-1567037.
Con 1,000,000 t of steel, Ashinskiy Metallurgical plant está por debajo de la mediana de steel plant en Russian Federation (1,500,000 t of steel). Su CO₂ por unidad de capacidad es aproximadamente 58% 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.
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 Ashinskiy Metzavod PJSC. All facilities by this operator →
Ashinskiy Metallurgical plant sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfb), at 55.0°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #16 largest of 26 steel plants in Russian Federation by reported capacity.
Coordinates 54.99889, 57.26805. View on OpenStreetMap.
A steel plant like this runs hot equipment that sheds heat continuously: reheat & annealing furnaces, ladles, hot-blast stoves, steam & gas ducting (surface/process temperatures around 200–1,200 °C). These surfaces lose energy to the air year-round; removable modular insulation cuts that loss, brings outer surfaces to ≤45 °C, and unclips for inspection.
On an already-insulated site (pipes & valves in cladding / jackets), closing the remaining gaps, flanges and damaged sections and switching to removable covers indicatively recovers about 3,600 MWh/yr (≈ 1,200 t CO₂/yr) — scaled to this site's reported CO₂ within its sector. Bare or damaged surfaces recover several times more.
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Indicative, not a measurement. Conservative floor for an already-insulated plant; a TIPCHECK on-site audit gives a measured figure. Industry context: EiiF TIPCHECK — industrial insulation can save ~14 Mtoe/yr in EU, payback typically <2 years.
Bare hot surfaces here exceed the touch-safe limit (EN ISO 13732-1); insulation to ≤45 °C is a worker-safety and compliance win. And before electrification, fuel-switching or CCS, eliminating surface heat loss is the cheapest, fastest, lowest-risk step — audit the bare spots first, rip-and-replace later.
Domestic energy-efficiency grants are limited here; industrial decarbonisation is mainly funded externally:
Routed via national development banks / accredited entities — not a direct factory grant. Verified 2026.
Ashinskiy Metallurgical plant is a steel plant in Russian Federation. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace).
Ashinskiy Metallurgical plant has a reported capacity of 1,000,000 t of steel.
Ashinskiy Metallurgical plant emits about 58,892 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 13,728 cars. That ranks #175 among tracked facilities in Russian Federation.
Ashinskiy Metallurgical plant is in Russian Federation, near coordinates 54.99889, 57.26805.
Ashinskiy Metallurgical plant is operated by Ashinskiy Metzavod PJSC.
