Lion Industries Amsteel Klang steel plant

Lion Industries Amsteel Klang steel plant is a steel plant in Malaysia with a reported capacity of 750,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Amsteel Mills Sdn Bhd. By capacity it ranks #10 of 10 steel plants tracked in Malaysia. It emits about 165,502 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 38,579 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 59% below the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566986.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 750,000 t of steel, Lion Industries Amsteel Klang steel plant está por debajo de la mediana de steel plant en Malaysia (1,400,000 t of steel). Su CO₂ por unidad de capacidad es aproximadamente 77% 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 165,502 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 Malaysia

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

Operator

Operated by Amsteel Mills Sdn Bhd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Lion Industries Amsteel Klang steel plant sits in a tropical rainforest climate zone (Köppen Af), at 3.1°N in the northern hemisphere.

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

How it compares & nearby sites

The #10 largest of 10 steel plants in Malaysia by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Malaysia Steel Works Klang · Steel Plant · 2,409,370 t CO₂
• Ann Joo Steel Selangor plant · Steel Plant · 877,549 t CO₂
• Tai Wah Garments Industry Sdn. Bhd.- Kl1 · Textiles · 74 t CO₂
• Decor Trend Industries · Textiles · 74 t CO₂
• Malayan Cement Rawang Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,002,324 t CO₂
• Nine Dragons Paper Holdings Limited - Malaysia Bases · Pulp & Paper Mill · 372,892 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 3.07191, 101.45739. View on OpenStreetMap.

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