ArcelorMittal Méditerranée Fos sur Mer steel plant

ArcelorMittal Méditerranée Fos sur Mer steel plant is a steel plant in France with a reported capacity of 5,100,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by ArcelorMittal Méditerranée SAS. By capacity it ranks #2 of 11 steel plants tracked in France. It emits about 4,780,174 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 1,114,260 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 73% above the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566817.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 5,100,000 t of steel, ArcelorMittal Méditerranée Fos sur Mer steel plant è ben al di sopra di la mediana di steel plant in France (825,000 t of steel). Il suo CO₂ per unità di capacità è approssimativamente 2327% 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 4,780,174 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 France

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

Operator

Operated by ArcelorMittal Méditerranée SAS. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

ArcelorMittal Méditerranée Fos sur Mer steel plant sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csa), at 43.4°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 #2 largest of 11 steel plants in France by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• ExxonMobil Fos-sur-Mer Refinery · Refinery · 1,213,600 t CO₂
• Marcegaglia Fos Sur Mer steel plant · Steel Plant · 34,764 t CO₂
• INEOS Lavera Marseilles Refinery · Refinery · 2,443,631 t CO₂
• INEOS, Lavera · Petrochemical · 927,870 t CO₂
• Bouches-du-Rhône Department · Aluminium Smelter · 47,088 t CO₂
• Chaux De Provence Sacam · Lime Plant · 193,379 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 43.43754, 4.89013. View on OpenStreetMap.

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