TenarisSiderca Campana steel plant

TenarisSiderca Campana steel plant is a steel plant in Argentina with a reported capacity of 1,600,929 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Siderca SAIC. By capacity it ranks #3 of 4 steel plants tracked in Argentina. It emits about 299,345 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 69,777 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 65% below the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566426.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 1,600,929 t of steel, TenarisSiderca Campana steel plant está alrededor de la mediana de steel plant en Argentina (2,000,000 t of steel). Su CO₂ por unidad de capacidad es aproximadamente 28% 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 299,345 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 Argentina

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

Operator

Operated by Siderca SAIC. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

TenarisSiderca Campana steel plant sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 34.2°S in the southern hemisphere.

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

How it compares & nearby sites

The #3 largest of 4 steel plants in Argentina by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Pan American Energy Campana Refinery · Refinery · 1,302,290 t CO₂
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• Der Will S.A. · Textiles · 3,282 t CO₂
• Jd Tex Indumentaria Sa · Textiles · 3,282 t CO₂
• Toccalino Carlos Javier Y Toccalino Daniel Antonio S.H. · Textiles · 3,282 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates -34.15459, -58.97685. View on OpenStreetMap.

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