Egyptian Sponge Iron and Steel Company Sadat City plant

Egyptian Sponge Iron and Steel Company Sadat City plant is a steel plant in Egypt with a reported capacity of 3,000,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Egyptian Sponge Iron & Steel Company SAE. By capacity it ranks #3 of 11 steel plants tracked in Egypt. It emits about 1,939,321 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 452,056 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 20% above the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566793.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 3,000,000 t of steel, Egyptian Sponge Iron and Steel Company Sadat City plant è ben al di sopra di la mediana di steel plant in Egypt (1,200,000 t of steel). Il suo CO₂ per unità di capacità è approssimativamente 23% 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 1,939,321 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 Egypt

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

Operator

Operated by Egyptian Sponge Iron & Steel Company SAE. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Egyptian Sponge Iron and Steel Company Sadat City plant sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 30.4°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 #3 largest of 11 steel plants in Egypt by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Egyptian American Steel Rolling Company Sadat City plant · Steel Plant · 632,994 t CO₂
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• Alroubaia Fourtex Textiles Co,S.A.E · Textiles · 102 t CO₂
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Location

Coordinates 30.39344, 30.58902. View on OpenStreetMap.

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