ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih steel plant

ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih steel plant is a steel plant in Ukraine with a reported capacity of 6,498,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih PJSC. By capacity it ranks #1 of 10 steel plants tracked in Ukraine. It emits about 4,527,346 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 1,055,325 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 29% above the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1567096.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 6,498,000 t of steel, ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih steel plant è ben al di sopra di la mediana di steel plant in Ukraine (3,300,000 t of steel). Il suo CO₂ per unità di capacità è approssimativamente 14% al di sopra di la mediana di steel plant. Sottosettore: iron-and-steel. Come steel plant, richiede calore di processo intenso (tipicamente 800–1500°C) per le sue operazioni industriali essenziali — calore che deve essere fornito da caldaie, forni o combustione diretta, e le perdite attraverso recipienti e tubazioni non isolati rappresentano carburante sprecato. L'isolamento modulare removibile può ridurre queste perdite dell'80–96%, raffreddando superfici a ≤45°C, con payback spesso inferiore a 2 anni. Gli impianti siderurgici bruciano carbone in altiforni o utilizzano archi elettrici per fondere rottami; in entrambi i casi, il metallo fuso deve essere mantenuto sopra i 1.500°C e trasferito attraverso estesi tubi e recipienti caldi.

Confronto di capacità e intensità di CO₂ calcolato dai dati delle strutture industriali Climate TRACE; ruolo del settore basato su riferimento ingegneristico.

What 4,527,346 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 Ukraine

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

Operator

Operated by ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih PJSC. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih steel plant sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfb), at 47.9°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 10 steel plants in Ukraine by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Kryvyi Rih Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 493,617 t CO₂
• Llc Shik · Textiles · 978 t CO₂
• Zhovtnevyi District · Aluminium Smelter · 123,153 t CO₂
• Ukrtatnafta Kremenchuk Refinery · Refinery · 841,073 t CO₂
• Dyckerhoff Yugcement Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 541,093 t CO₂
• Allianz Oil Kherson Refinery · Refinery

Location

Coordinates 47.87091, 33.39101. View on OpenStreetMap.

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