Mass Iron and Steel Industry Co Sulaimaniya plant

Mass Iron and Steel Industry Co Sulaimaniya plant is a steel plant in Iraq with a reported capacity of 1,250,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Mass Iraq Iron and Steel Industry Co. By capacity it ranks #1 of 4 steel plants tracked in Iraq. It emits about 251,235 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 58,563 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 63% below the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566870.

En contexte: comment cette installation se compare

À 1,250,000 t of steel, Mass Iron and Steel Industry Co Sulaimaniya plant est bien au-dessus de la médiane des steel plant en Iraq (750,000 t of steel). Sous-secteur: iron-and-steel. Comme steel plant, elle nécessite une chaleur de procédé intensive (typiquement 800–1500°C) pour ses opérations industrielles essentielles — chaleur qui doit être fournie par des chaudières, fours ou combustion directe, et les pertes par les récipients et tuyauteries non isolés représentent du combustible gaspillé. L'isolation modulaire amovible peut réduire ces pertes de 80–96%, refroidissant les surfaces à ≤45°C, avec des délais d'amortissement souvent inférieurs à 2 ans. Les aciéries brûlent du charbon dans des hauts fourneaux ou utilisent des arcs électriques pour fondre des ferrailles; dans les deux cas, le métal en fusion doit être maintenu au-dessus de 1.500°C et transféré à travers des tuyauteries et récipients chauds étendus.

Comparaison de capacité et d'intensité de CO₂ calculée à partir des données des installations industrielles Climate TRACE; rôle du secteur basé sur la référence d'ingénierie.

What 251,235 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 Iraq

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

Operator

Operated by Mass Iraq Iron and Steel Industry Co. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Mass Iron and Steel Industry Co Sulaimaniya plant sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csa), at 35.7°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 #1 largest of 4 steel plants in Iraq by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Qaiwan Bazian Refinery · Refinery · 94,378 t CO₂
• Tainal Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 2,002,287 t CO₂
• Sulaymaniyah Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 649,426 t CO₂
• Chaqzhi Saroo Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 666,083 t CO₂
• Bazian Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 645,404 t CO₂
• Kirkuk Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 690,240 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 35.66228, 45.03797. View on OpenStreetMap.

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