Azovstal Iron and Steel Works

Azovstal Iron and Steel Works is a steel plant in Ukraine. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by MK Azovstal' PrAT.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1567292.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

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.

Capacity vs largest steel plants in Ukraine

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

Operator

Operated by MK Azovstal' PrAT. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Azovstal Iron and Steel Works sits in a hot-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfa), at 47.1°N in the northern hemisphere.

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

How it compares & nearby sites

Nearby industrial sites

• Metinvest Ilyich Iron and Steel Works · Steel Plant · 1,776,867 t CO₂
• Yuzovsky Metallurgical Plant · Steel Plant · 52,849 t CO₂
• TMK Taganrog Metallurgical Plant · Steel Plant · 189,294 t CO₂
• Amvrosiyivka Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 791,967 t CO₂
• Yenakiieve Metallurgical Plant · Steel Plant · 2,226,136 t CO₂
• Alchevsk Metallurgical Plant · Steel Plant · 1,856,802 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 47.09472, 37.59686. View on OpenStreetMap.

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