China Steel Corporation Xiaogang plant — Taiwan

China Steel Corporation Xiaogang plant is a steel plant in Taiwan. Its listed capacity is 10,000,000 t of steel. 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 China Steel Corp. By capacity it ranks #1 among 5 steel plants in Taiwan. It emits about 14,878,289 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 34% of the CO₂e from the 21 facilities in Taiwan that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 60% above the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1567087.

In context: how this facility compares

At 10,000,000 t of steel, China Steel Corporation Xiaogang plant is well above the median steel plant in Taiwan (1,701,000 t of steel). 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.

What 14,878,289 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's estimated annual CO₂e (Climate TRACE, modelled) in 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 Taiwan

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

Operator

Operated by China Steel Corp.

Local climate

China Steel Corporation Xiaogang plant sits in a tropical monsoon climate zone (Köppen Am), at 22.5°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 an aggressive, high-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C5 — Very high), with marine salt corrosion the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1256 W/m² to ambient — roughly 0.97× 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

The #1 largest of 5 steel plants in Taiwan by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Chinese Petroleum Corp. , Taiwan, Linyuan · Petrochemical · 1,880,839 t CO₂
• CPC Dalin Refinery · Refinery · 1,923,906 t CO₂
• Hai Kwang Enterprise Corporation · Steel Plant · 138,909 t CO₂
• Shyeh Sheng Fuat Steel Kaohsiung plant · Steel Plant · 166,691 t CO₂
• Tung Ho Steel Kaohsiung Plant · Steel Plant · 145,492 t CO₂
• Yieh United Steel Kaohsiung plant · Steel Plant · 183,975 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 22.542, 120.35646. View on OpenStreetMap.

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