Egyptian Iron & Steel Company Cairo plant

Egyptian Iron & Steel Company Cairo plant is a steel plant in Egypt. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Egyptian Iron & Steel Co.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1567316.

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 Egypt

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

Operator

Operated by Egyptian Iron & Steel Co. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Egyptian Iron & Steel Company Cairo plant sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 29.8°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

• Helwan Fertilizer Plant · Chemical Plant · 966,441 t CO₂
• Helwan Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,750,387 t CO₂
• Techno Tex · Textiles · 102 t CO₂
• Tura Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,082,565 t CO₂
• Cairo Governorate Desert Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 485,756 t CO₂
• Delta Textile Egypt · Textiles · 102 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 29.77446, 31.31201. View on OpenStreetMap.

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