WISCO Group Kunming Steel Co Ltd New District Branch

WISCO Group Kunming Steel Co Ltd New District Branch is a steel plant in China with a reported capacity of 2,800,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by WISCO Group Kunming Steel Co Ltd. By capacity it ranks #130 of 363 steel plants tracked in China. It emits about 4,410,513 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 1,028,092 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 192% above the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566670.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 2,800,000 t of steel, WISCO Group Kunming Steel Co Ltd New District Branch está alrededor de la mediana de steel plant en China (2,300,000 t of steel). Su CO₂ por unidad de capacidad es aproximadamente 23% 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 4,410,513 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 WISCO Group Kunming Steel Co Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

WISCO Group Kunming Steel Co Ltd New District Branch sits in a subtropical highland climate zone (Köppen Cwb), at 25.0°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 #130 largest of 363 steel plants in China by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• WISCO Group Kunming Steel Co Ltd Anning Branch · Steel Plant
• PetroChina Yunnan Anning Refinery · Refinery · 3,231,065 t CO₂
• Yunnan Kungang Jiahua Cement Building Materials Limited Company Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,092,582 t CO₂
• Yunnan Jingye Steel Co Ltd · Steel Plant
• Yunnan Kunsteel Calcium Magnesium Flux Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant · 263,386 t CO₂
• Yimen County Hongjianming Activated Lime Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant · 269,847 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 24.95685, 102.37842. View on OpenStreetMap.

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