China Steel Dragon Steel Taichung plant — Taiwan

China Steel Dragon Steel Taichung plant is a steel plant in Taiwan. Its listed capacity is 6,081,000 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 Dragon Steel Corp. By capacity it ranks #2 among 5 steel plants in Taiwan. It emits about 8,048,952 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 18% of the CO₂e from the 21 facilities in Taiwan that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 43% above the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-32441018.

In context: how this facility compares

At 6,081,000 t of steel, China Steel Dragon Steel Taichung 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 8,048,952 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 Dragon Steel Corp.

Local climate

China Steel Dragon Steel Taichung plant sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate zone (Köppen Cwa), at 24.2°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 1275 W/m² to ambient — roughly 0.98× 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 #2 largest of 5 steel plants in Taiwan by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• E Top Metal Changhua plant · Steel Plant · 41,056 t CO₂
• Feng Hsin Steel Taichung plant · Steel Plant · 116,394 t CO₂
• Tung Ho Steel Miaoli Plant · Steel Plant · 249,415 t CO₂
• Formosa Mailiao Refinery · Refinery · 5,457,833 t CO₂
• Formosa Petrochemical Corp. , Taiwan, Mailiao · Petrochemical · 3,750,374 t CO₂
• Taiwan · Chemical Plant · 58,281 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 24.22818, 120.49372. View on OpenStreetMap.

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