Xinyu Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd

Xinyu Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd is a steel plant in China with a reported capacity of 11,001,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Xinyu Iron & Steel Corp Ltd. By capacity it ranks #13 of 363 steel plants tracked in China. It emits about 16,560,215 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 3,860,190 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 179% above the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-32440535.

W kontekście: jak ta instalacja się porównuje

Przy 11,001,000 t of steel, Xinyu Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd jest znacznie powyżej medianę steel plant w China (2,300,000 t of steel). Jego CO₂ na jednostkę pojemności wynosi w przybliżeniu 18% powyżej medianę steel plant. Podsektor: iron-and-steel. Jako steel plant, wymaga intensywnego ciepła procesowego (typowo 800–1500°C) do swoich głównych operacji przemysłowych — ciepła, które musi być dostarczane przez kotły, piece lub spalanie bezpośrednie, a straty przez nieisolowane zbiorniki i rury stanowią zmarnowane paliwo. Modułowa izolacja demontowalna może zmniejszyć te straty o 80–96%, chłodząc powierzchnie do ≤45°C, z zwrotem inwestycji często poniżej 2 lat. Huty stali spalają węgiel w piecach wielkich lub używają łuków elektrycznych do topienia złomu; w obu przypadkach metal w stanie płynnym musi być utrzymywany powyżej 1.500°C i przenoszony przez rozległy system gorących rur i zbiorników.

Porównanie pojemności i intensywności CO₂ obliczane na podstawie danych instalacji przemysłowych Climate TRACE; rola sektora oparta na odniesieniau inżynierskim.

What 16,560,215 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 Xinyu Iron & Steel Corp Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Xinyu Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 27.8°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 #13 largest of 363 steel plants in China by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Xinyu Yuxue Calcium Industry Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant · 32,923 t CO₂
• Fenyi Conch Cement Co Ltd Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 923,767 t CO₂
• Fengyi County Longcheng Lime Manufacturing Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant · 197,540 t CO₂
• Shanggao County Tengshun Calcium Industry Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant · 158,032 t CO₂
• Gao'An City Qiling Lime Powder Factory. · Lime Plant · 65,847 t CO₂
• Tangfu Village Of Taxia Township In Shanggao County, Yancai Gushi Lime Factory. · Lime Plant · 269,847 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 27.78626, 114.91336. View on OpenStreetMap.

Heat loss & insulation profile

A steel plant like this runs hot equipment that sheds heat continuously: reheat & annealing furnaces, ladles, hot-blast stoves, steam & gas ducting (surface/process temperatures around 200–1,200 °C). These surfaces lose energy to the air year-round; removable modular insulation cuts that loss, brings outer surfaces to ≤45 °C, and unclips for inspection.

Indicative recoverable energy

On an already-insulated site (pipes & valves in cladding / jackets), closing the remaining gaps, flanges and damaged sections and switching to removable covers indicatively recovers about 8,800 MWh/yr (≈ 3,000 t CO₂/yr) — scaled to this site's reported CO₂ within its sector. Bare or damaged surfaces recover several times more.

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Indicative, not a measurement. Conservative floor for an already-insulated plant; a TIPCHECK on-site audit gives a measured figure. Industry context: EiiF TIPCHECK — industrial insulation can save ~14 Mtoe/yr in EU, payback typically <2 years.

Safety & the no-regret first step

Bare hot surfaces here exceed the touch-safe limit (EN ISO 13732-1); insulation to ≤45 °C is a worker-safety and compliance win. And before electrification, fuel-switching or CCS, eliminating surface heat loss is the cheapest, fastest, lowest-risk step — audit the bare spots first, rip-and-replace later.

External climate finance your country can access

Domestic energy-efficiency grants are limited here; industrial decarbonisation is mainly funded externally:

• Japan JCM (Joint Crediting Mechanism) — Japan co-finances diffusion of decarbonising tech incl. INDUSTRIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY in partner countries, in exchange for carbon credits. Channels: MOEJ model projects, ADB trust funds, NEDO demonstrations.
• UK International Climate Finance (ICF / ODA) — ~GBP 6bn ODA over 3 yrs; industrial-decarbonisation flows via Climate Investment Funds (CIF) - Clean Technology Fund.
• Green Climate Fund (GCF) + ADB / World Bank / UNIDO — Concessional finance & grants for industrial energy efficiency. E.g. GCF $200M ADB-led India Green Finance Facility; World Bank FP071 'Scaling Up Energy Efficiency for Industrial Enterprises in Vietnam'; ASEAN ACGF energy-efficiency revolving funds incl. SMEs.

CBAM. Exporters of cement, steel, aluminium, fertiliser, hydrogen and electricity to the EU face the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism — cutting embedded emissions (efficiency + insulation) lowers the levy.

Routed via national development banks / accredited entities — not a direct factory grant. Verified 2026.

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