Bonab Steel Complex

Bonab Steel Complex is a steel plant in Iran 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 Bonab Steel Complex. By capacity it ranks #20 of 23 steel plants tracked in Iran. It emits about 623,583 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 145,357 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 15% above the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566889.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 1,000,000 t of steel, Bonab Steel Complex está por debajo de la mediana de steel plant en Iran (1,400,000 t of steel). Su CO₂ por unidad de capacidad es aproximadamente 14% 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 623,583 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 Iran

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

Operator

Operated by Bonab Steel Complex. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Bonab Steel Complex sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSk), at 37.4°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 #20 largest of 23 steel plants in Iran by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Urmia Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 668,100 t CO₂
• Hajji Lak Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 277,576 t CO₂
• NIORDC Tabriz Refinery · Refinery · 1,658,081 t CO₂
• Tabriz Petrochemical Co. , Tabriz,East Azerbaijan · Petrochemical · 190,966 t CO₂
• Shabestar Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,475,190 t CO₂
• Urmia White Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 441,931 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 37.41786, 46.03651. View on OpenStreetMap.

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