Makstil Skopje Steel plant

Makstil Skopje Steel plant is a steel plant in North Macedonia with a reported capacity of 550,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Makstil AD. It emits about 24,401 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 5,688 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 92% below the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566972.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 550,000 t of steel, Makstil Skopje Steel plant è attorno a la mediana di steel plant in North Macedonia (550,000 t of steel). 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 24,401 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.

Operator

Operated by Makstil AD. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Makstil Skopje Steel plant sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 42.0°N in the northern hemisphere.

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

How it compares & nearby sites

Nearby industrial sites

• Hellenic OKTA Skopje Refinery · Refinery · 190,123 t CO₂
• Usje Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 380,764 t CO₂
• Hani i Elezit Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 385,902 t CO₂
• Dptu Bosut Doo Kumanovo · Textiles · 1,250 t CO₂
• Albatros D.O.O. · Textiles · 1,250 t CO₂
• Mikel Trejd Dooel · Textiles · 1,250 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 42.01433, 21.4682. View on OpenStreetMap.

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