Qingdao Special Iron and Steel Co Ltd

Qingdao Special Iron and Steel Co Ltd is a steel plant in China with a reported capacity of 2,950,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Qingdao Special Iron and Steel Co Ltd. By capacity it ranks #128 of 363 steel plants tracked in China. It emits about 4,086,878 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 952,652 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 156% above the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-32440557.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 2,950,000 t of steel, Qingdao Special Iron and Steel Co Ltd está muy por encima de la mediana de steel plant en China (2,300,000 t of steel). Su CO₂ por unidad de capacidad es aproximadamente 8% por encima 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 4,086,878 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 China

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

Operator

Operated by Qingdao Special Iron and Steel Co Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Qingdao Special Iron and Steel Co Ltd sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate zone (Köppen Cwa), at 35.6°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 #128 largest of 363 steel plants in China by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Qingdao Stiell New Materials Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant · 263,386 t CO₂
• Asia Symbol Pulp And Paper Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 258,963 t CO₂
• Qingdao Tian Yao Garment Co.,Ltd. · Textiles · 6,976 t CO₂
• Qingdao Jinhualong Garments Co Ltd · Textiles · 6,976 t CO₂
• Wulian Tyleson Textiles · Textiles · 6,976 t CO₂
• Rizhao Ansheng Metallurgical Auxiliary Materials Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant · 269,847 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 35.62872, 119.72152. View on OpenStreetMap.

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