Baosteel Special Steel Co Ltd — China
Steel Plant in China. Approximate location 31.37942, 121.48465.
Steel PlantChinaStatus: operating pre-retirement (GEM)
Baosteel Special Steel Co Ltd is a steel plant in China. Steel plants burn coal in blast furnaces or use electric arcs to melt scrap; in both cases the molten metal must be kept above 1,500°C and transferred through extensive hot piping and vessels. It is operated by Baosteel Special Metals Co Ltd.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1567274.
Data status
Known source data
Calculated from the dataset
Not available
Source data, measured cross-checks and calculated values are kept separate. No confidence percentage is invented.
Operating power plants within 50 km
- Zhabei Gas · Gas · 454 MW · 6 km
- Baoshan Works power station · Coal · 1,700 MW · 8 km
- Shanghai Gaoqiao power station · Coal · 150 MW · 10 km
- Waigaoqiao power station · Coal · 5,080 MW · 11 km
- Huaneng Shanghai Baoshan · Gas · 1,200 MW · 12 km
PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.
In context: how this facility compares
Subsector: iron-and-steel. As steel plant, it requires high process heat (typically 800–1500°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Steel plants burn coal in blast furnaces or use electric arcs to melt scrap; in both cases the molten metal must be kept above 1,500°C and transferred through extensive hot piping and vessels.
Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.
Operator
Operated by Baosteel Special Metals Co Ltd.
Local climate
Baosteel Special Steel Co Ltd sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 31.4°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
Site climate & environmental severity
This site sits in a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1336 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.03× the loss at a 20 °C reference. Reference-surface calculation at a 150 °C surface from WorldClim climate normals (ASTM C680 / ISO 12241) — an indicative per-climate comparison, not a measurement of this site’s specific equipment. Open method dataset: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20787408 (CC BY 4.0).
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
How it compares & nearby sites
Nearby industrial sites
- Sinopec Shanghai Gaoqiao Petrochemical Refinery · Refinery · 3,106,793 t CO₂
- Baoshan Iron and Steel Co Ltd Headquarters · Steel Plant · 23,974,641 t CO₂
- Shanghai Baijin Chemical Group Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill
- Taicang City Dongfang Metallurgical Lime Products Factory. · Lime Plant
- Changshu Hongyu Calcium Products Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant
- Nine Dragons Paper Ind. (Taicang Plant) Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 194,553 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates 31.37942, 121.48465. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Baosteel Special Steel Co Ltd?
Baosteel Special Steel Co Ltd is a steel plant in China. Steel plants burn coal in blast furnaces or use electric arcs to melt scrap; in both cases the molten metal must be kept above 1,500°C and transferred through extensive hot piping and vessels.
Where is Baosteel Special Steel Co Ltd located?
Baosteel Special Steel Co Ltd is in China at approximately 31.37942, 121.48465.
Who operates Baosteel Special Steel Co Ltd?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is Baosteel Special Metals Co Ltd.