GPH Steel Sitakunda plant — Bangladesh

GPH Steel Sitakunda plant is a steel plant in Bangladesh. Its listed capacity is 1,051,000 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 GPH Ispat Ltd. By capacity it ranks #2 among 2 steel plants in Bangladesh. It emits about 333,972 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 3.4% of the CO₂e from the 11 facilities in Bangladesh that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 66% below the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566437.

In context: how this facility compares

At 1,051,000 t of steel, GPH Steel Sitakunda plant is below the median steel plant in Bangladesh (3,250,000 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 333,972 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 Bangladesh

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

Operator

Operated by GPH Ispat Ltd.

Local climate

GPH Steel Sitakunda 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 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 1243 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

The #2 largest of 2 steel plants in Bangladesh by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• KSRM Sitakunda steel plant · Steel Plant · 42,971 t CO₂
• Abul Khair Steel Sitakunda plant · Steel Plant · 254,428 t CO₂
• BSRM Ltd Mirsarai plant · Steel Plant · 4,449,154 t CO₂
• Eastern Refining Limited Chittagong Refinery · Refinery · 162,594 t CO₂
• Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Limited · Chemical Plant · 585,314 t CO₂
• BSRM Steels Mirsarai plant · Steel Plant · 2,190,353 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 22.53654, 91.70079. View on OpenStreetMap.

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