Guangxi Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd — China

Guangxi Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd is a steel plant in China. Its listed capacity is 7,355,738 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 Guangxi Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd. By capacity it ranks #31 among 164 steel plants in China. It emits about 8,843,401 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.33% of the CO₂e from the 1,485 facilities in China that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 30% above the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566679.

In context: how this facility compares

At 7,355,738 t of steel, Guangxi Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd is well above the median steel plant in China (3,428,000 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 8,843,401 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 China

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

Operator

Operated by Guangxi Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd.

Local climate

Guangxi Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate zone (Köppen Cwa), at 21.6°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 1278 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 #31 largest of 164 steel plants in China by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Guangxi Shenglong Metallurgical Co Ltd · Steel Plant · 11,380,513 t CO₂
• PetroChina Guangxi Petrochemical Qinzhou Refinery · Refinery · 1,915,209 t CO₂
• Fangchenggang Prefecture City · Aluminium Smelter
• Guangxi Jingui Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd - APP Industrial Paper Business Unit · Pulp & Paper Mill · 490,262 t CO₂
• Shangsi County Guixin Calcium Industry Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant
• Yinhai aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter

Location

Coordinates 21.55953, 108.39135. View on OpenStreetMap.

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