Ivaco Rolling Mills steel plant

Ivaco Rolling Mills steel plant is a steel plant in Canada with a reported capacity of 650,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Ivaco Rolling Mills 2004 LP. By capacity it ranks #7 of 8 steel plants tracked in Canada. It emits about 42,725 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 9,959 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 88% below the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566474.

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Con 650,000 t of steel, Ivaco Rolling Mills steel plant è al di sotto di la mediana di steel plant in Canada (2,400,000 t of steel). Il suo CO₂ per unità di capacità è approssimativamente 91% al di sotto 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 42,725 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 Canada

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

Operator

Operated by Ivaco Rolling Mills 2004 LP. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Ivaco Rolling Mills steel plant sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfb), at 45.6°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 #7 largest of 8 steel plants in Canada by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Fortress Specialty Cellulose Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 88,433 t CO₂
• Massena aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 276,268 t CO₂
• Arconic Massena LLC · Metals Plant · 740 t CO₂
• Kamik Canada Inc. · Textiles · 12,324 t CO₂
• Rair T & Co Inc. · Textiles · 12,324 t CO₂
• Csg International Inc. · Textiles · 12,324 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 45.61388, -74.70529. View on OpenStreetMap.

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