Libyan Iron and Steel Misrata plant

Libyan Iron and Steel Misrata plant is a steel plant in Libya with a reported capacity of 1,614,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Libyan Iron and Steel Co. It emits about 871,924 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 203,246 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566968.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 1,614,000 t of steel, Libyan Iron and Steel Misrata plant está alrededor de la mediana de steel plant en Libya (1,614,000 t of steel). 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 871,924 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.

Operator

Operated by Libyan Iron and Steel Co. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Libyan Iron and Steel Misrata plant sits in a hot semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSh), at 32.3°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

• AHCC Zliten Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 853,771 t CO₂
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• Al Ahlia Khoms Cement Plant 1 · Cement Plant · 153,996 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 32.33642, 15.21991. View on OpenStreetMap.

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