Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex steel plant

Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex steel plant is a steel plant in North Korea with a reported capacity of 6,000,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Government of North Korea. By capacity it ranks #1 of 4 steel plants tracked in North Korea. It emits about 8,508,209 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 1,983,266 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 162% above the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-32440878.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 6,000,000 t of steel, Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex steel plant è ben al di sopra di la mediana di steel plant in North Korea (2,000,000 t of steel). Il suo CO₂ per unità di capacità è approssimativamente 18% 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 8,508,209 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 North Korea

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

Operator

Operated by Government of North Korea. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex steel plant sits in a monsoon warm-summer continental climate zone (Köppen Dwb), at 41.8°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 North Korea by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Ch'ŏngjin Ironworks steel plant · Steel Plant · 2,403,184 t CO₂
• Korea Building Materials Gomusan Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 785,982 t CO₂
• Jilin Chenming Paper Co Ltd - Shandong Chenming Paper Group · Pulp & Paper Mill · 258,963 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 41.75076, 129.74982. View on OpenStreetMap.

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