Faizan Steel Karachi steel plant — Pakistan

Faizan Steel Karachi steel plant is a steel plant in Pakistan. Its listed capacity is 730,000 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. By capacity it ranks #2 among 3 steel plants in Pakistan. It emits about 729,556 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 1.3% of the CO₂e from the 55 facilities in Pakistan that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 8% above the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-42741854.

In context: how this facility compares

At 730,000 t of steel, Faizan Steel Karachi steel plant is around the median steel plant in Pakistan (730,000 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 729,556 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 Pakistan

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

Local climate

Faizan Steel Karachi steel plant sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 24.9°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 1238 W/m² to ambient — roughly 0.95× 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 3 steel plants in Pakistan by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Orient Straw Board & Paper Mills Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 4,053 t CO₂
• National Refinery Limited (NRL) Refinery · Refinery · 226,268 t CO₂
• Pakistan Refinery Limited (PRL) Refinery · Refinery · 176,772 t CO₂
• Attock Cement Hub Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 2,249,783 t CO₂
• Cnergyico Oil Refinery · Refinery · 551,529 t CO₂
• Agha Steel Industries Karachi plant · Steel Plant · 59,702 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 24.89712, 66.98585. View on OpenStreetMap.

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