Steel Plant in Russian Federation. Approximate location 55.72624, 52.53498.
Steel PlantRussian FederationCO₂ estimate (modelled)
Kamsky Metallurgical Works TEMPO is a steel plant in Russian Federation. Its listed capacity is 504,000 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 KMK Tempo JSC. By capacity it ranks #16 among 17 steel plants in Russian Federation. It emits about 29,682 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE, roughly comparable to the annual emissions of 6.9k passenger cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 94% below the national median for this sector.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1567191.
Source data, measured cross-checks and calculated values are kept separate. No confidence percentage is invented.
Same Climate TRACE subsector; closest non-placeholder modelled CO₂e values. Russia and Belarus excluded.
At 504,000 t of steel, Kamsky Metallurgical Works TEMPO is below the median steel plant in Russian Federation (2,050,000 t of steel). Subsector: iron-and-steel. As steel plant, it requires high process heat (typically 800–1500°C) for its core industrial operations — heat that must be supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion, and losses through uninsulated vessels and piping represent wasted fuel. Removable modular insulation can cut those losses by 80–96%, surface-cooling equipment to ≤45°C, with payback often under 2 years. 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.
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.
At its reported 30k t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), Kamsky Metallurgical Works TEMPO carries no domestic carbon price — and as a CBAM-covered product, its 30k t at the EU CBAM rate (€75/t) is €2.2M/yr of exposure on EU-bound exports. CBAM share rises from 2.5% (2026) to 100% by 2034. The fastest decarbonization lever is energy efficiency: eliminating heat loss on hot equipment (removable insulation, steam & waste-heat recovery) typically cuts 2–5% of fuel-related CO₂ — here ≈594 t–1k t/yr, worth €45k–€112k, with payback up to 2 years. No domestic carbon price — but cement, steel, aluminium, fertilizer and hydrogen exported to the EU face CBAM at €75/t (rising to 100% by 2034).
Carbon price: EU CBAM €75/t · EU ETS €79/t, July 2, 2026, refreshed live via Carbon Hub. CO₂: Climate TRACE. Efficiency range: US DOE / ASTM C680 (method). Indicative carbon value, not the cash bill — free allocation applies; not compliance advice. Estimate the saving for this site →
Listed capacity (t of steel), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).
Operated by KMK Tempo JSC.
Kamsky Metallurgical Works TEMPO sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfb), at 55.7°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #16 largest of 17 steel plants in Russian Federation by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).
Coordinates 55.72624, 52.53498. View on OpenStreetMap.
For a steel plant, the main modular-insulation targets are reheat & annealing furnaces, ladles, hot-blast stoves, steam & gas ducting. Typical hot-surface ranges used for screening: 200–1,200 °C.
A first-pass insulation screen suggests about 3,600 MWh/year of recoverable heat-loss reduction and about 1,200 t CO₂e/year of avoided emissions. Screening estimate scaled from installed process-heat projects and surface-temperature reduction data.
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Screening calculation from facility class, capacity and open emissions/energy context. Engineering survey required before procurement.
Start with a thermal survey of valves, flanges, doors and bends. Removable modular insulation keeps maintenance access open while lowering exposed-surface temperature and wasted heat.
For energy-efficiency projects around process heat, likely external funding channels include:
Sources: country climate-finance facilities and public development-bank programmes.
Kamsky Metallurgical Works TEMPO is a steel plant in Russian Federation. 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.
The open dataset lists 504,000 t of steel of capacity for Kamsky Metallurgical Works TEMPO.
The page uses about 29,682 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #181 among facilities in Russian Federation by estimated CO₂.
Kamsky Metallurgical Works TEMPO is in Russian Federation at approximately 55.72624, 52.53498.
The operator recorded in the open dataset is KMK Tempo JSC.
