Lao Cai Cast Iron and Steel Plant

Lao Cai Cast Iron and Steel Plant is a steel plant in Vietnam with a reported capacity of 500,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Lao Cai Cast Iron and Steel. By capacity it ranks #15 of 20 steel plants tracked in Vietnam. It emits about 789,052 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 183,928 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 192% above the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1567182.

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Con 500,000 t of steel, Lao Cai Cast Iron and Steel Plant è al di sotto di la mediana di steel plant in Vietnam (1,000,000 t of steel). Il suo CO₂ per unità di capacità è approssimativamente 675% 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 789,052 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 Vietnam

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

Operator

Operated by Lao Cai Cast Iron and Steel. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Lao Cai Cast Iron and Steel Plant sits in a tropical monsoon climate zone (Köppen Am), at 22.3°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 #15 largest of 20 steel plants in Vietnam by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

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Location

Coordinates 22.30735, 104.13019. View on OpenStreetMap.

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