Melhoramentos Papéis Ltda - Fazenda Levantina — Brazil

Melhoramentos Papéis Ltda - Fazenda Levantina is a pulp & paper mill in Brazil. Its listed capacity is 31,496 t of pulp & paper. Pulp and paper mills generate their own steam for the pulping process and paper dryers, running large-scale boiler systems where heat loss directly reduces efficiency. By capacity it ranks #23 among 26 pulp & paper mills in Brazil. It emits about 15,898 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.01% of the CO₂e from the 130 facilities in Brazil that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 7% below the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-44375348.

In context: how this facility compares

At 31,496 t of pulp & paper, Melhoramentos Papéis Ltda - Fazenda Levantina is below the median pulp & paper mill in Brazil (279,329 t of pulp & paper). Subsector: pulp-and-paper. As pulp & paper mill, it requires high process heat (typically 150–250°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Pulp and paper mills generate their own steam for the pulping process and paper dryers, running large-scale boiler systems where heat loss directly reduces efficiency.

Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.

What 15,898 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 pulp & paper mills in Brazil

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

Local climate

Melhoramentos Papéis Ltda - Fazenda Levantina sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 22.8°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 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 1344 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.03× 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 #23 largest of 26 pulp & paper mills in Brazil by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Cacapava Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 434,068 t CO₂
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• Suzano - Unit Jacarei · Pulp & Paper Mill · 269,731 t CO₂
• Mogi das Cruces Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 167,509 t CO₂
• Simec Pindamonhangaba steel plant · Steel Plant · 30,762 t CO₂
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Location

Coordinates -22.82694, -46.09056. View on OpenStreetMap.

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