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Industrial facilities in North America

385 industrial facilities across 12 countries in North America — sector mix, biggest CO₂ emitters and a country breakdown from open data.

385facilities
12countries
221with CO₂ estimate
122.7M tCO₂e/yr

Industry mix in North America

Textiles: 125 facilities125TextilesCement Plant: 71 facilities71Cement Pla…Pulp & Paper Mill: 58 facilities58Pulp & Pap…Refinery: 34 facilities34RefinerySteel Plant: 23 facilities23Steel PlantOther Manufacturing: 21 facilities21Other Manu…Chemical Plant: 14 facilities14Chemical P…Aluminium Smelter: 11 facilities11Aluminium …

Facility counts by sector, Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Biggest industrial CO₂ emitters in North America

#FacilityTypeCountryt CO₂e/yr
1ArcelorMittal Lázaro Cárdenas steel plantSteel PlantMexico5,979,126
2Algoma steel plantSteel PlantCanada4,932,009
3Irving Oil Saint John RefineryRefineryCanada4,360,824
4Altos Hornos De Mexico SA AHMSA steel plantSteel PlantMexico4,044,261
5Cleveland-Cliffs Lake Erie steel plantSteel PlantCanada3,642,472
6ArcelorMittal Dofasco steel plantSteel PlantCanada3,094,399
7Tepeaca Cement PlantCement PlantMexico2,772,979
8Nova Chemicals Corp. Joffree, Joffre,AlbertaPetrochemicalCanada2,552,601
9Valero Jean-Gaulin RefineryRefineryCanada2,459,580
10Pemex Salina Cruz RefineryRefineryMexico2,227,624
11Nova Chemicals Corp. Corunna, Sarnia,OntarioPetrochemicalCanada2,099,079
12Pemex Cadereyta RefineryRefineryMexico2,096,251
13Pemex Tula RefineryRefineryMexico1,973,084
14Imperial Oil Strathcona RefineryRefineryCanada1,955,920
15Suncor Edmonton RefineryRefineryCanada1,924,810

Ranked by estimated annual CO₂e (modelled). Placeholder sector defaults excluded. Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

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