Shanxi Meijin Iron and Steel Co Ltd Dongyu Town

Shanxi Meijin Iron and Steel Co Ltd Dongyu Town is a steel plant in China with a reported capacity of 1,700,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Shanxi Meijin Iron and Steel Co Ltd. By capacity it ranks #204 of 363 steel plants tracked in China. It emits about 2,486,496 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 579,603 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 171% above the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566680.

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Con 1,700,000 t of steel, Shanxi Meijin Iron and Steel Co Ltd Dongyu Town è al di sotto di la mediana di steel plant in China (2,300,000 t of steel). Il suo CO₂ per unità di capacità è approssimativamente 14% 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 2,486,496 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 China

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

Operator

Operated by Shanxi Meijin Iron and Steel Co Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Shanxi Meijin Iron and Steel Co Ltd Dongyu Town sits in a monsoon hot-summer continental climate zone (Köppen Dwa), at 37.6°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 #204 largest of 363 steel plants in China by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Taiyuan (Qingxu) Chemical Complex · Chemical Plant · 979,155 t CO₂
• Shanxi Guashan Cement Co. Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 291,631 t CO₂
• Jiaocheng County Dongyue Building Materials Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant · 19,754 t CO₂
• Shanxi Jiaan Calcium Industry Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant · 269,847 t CO₂
• Lvliang Jianlong Industrial Co Ltd · Steel Plant · 1,824,371 t CO₂
• Jiaocheng County Jingxin Calcium Industry Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant · 197,540 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 37.56854, 112.23343. View on OpenStreetMap.

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