ESM Mutún steel plant — Bolivia
Steel Plant in Bolivia. Approximate location -19.13733, -57.88061.
Steel PlantBoliviaStatus: construction (GEM)
ESM Mutún steel plant is a steel plant in Bolivia. 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.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-48306440.
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
- Mutún power station · Gas · 108 MW · 1 km
- Vetorial Corumbá · Biomass · 10 MW · 29 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.
Parent company
Empresa Siderúrgica del Mutún (ESM) Global Energy Monitor
Parent company per Global Energy Monitor; the operator itself is not stated in the source dataset.
Local climate
ESM Mutún steel plant sits in a tropical savanna climate zone (Köppen Aw), at 19.1°S in the southern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
Site climate & environmental severity
This site sits in a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1250 W/m² to ambient — roughly 0.96× 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
- Corumba Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 60,772 t CO₂
- Yacuses Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 157,876 t CO₂
- Bodoquena Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 391,614 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates -19.13733, -57.88061. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is ESM Mutún steel plant?
ESM Mutún steel plant is a steel plant in Bolivia. 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 ESM Mutún steel plant located?
ESM Mutún steel plant is in Bolivia at approximately -19.13733, -57.88061.