Pangang Group Xichang Steel and Vanadium Co Ltd — China

Pangang Group Xichang Steel and Vanadium Co Ltd is a steel plant in China. Its listed capacity is 3,900,000 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 Pangang Group Xichang Steel and Vanadium Co Ltd. By capacity it ranks #74 among 164 steel plants in China. It emits about 6,425,661 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.24% of the CO₂e from the 1,485 facilities in China that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 78% above the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566655.

In context: how this facility compares

At 3,900,000 t of steel, Pangang Group Xichang Steel and Vanadium Co Ltd is around 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 6,425,661 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 Pangang Group Xichang Steel and Vanadium Co Ltd.

Local climate

Pangang Group Xichang Steel and Vanadium Co Ltd sits in a subtropical highland climate zone (Köppen Cwb), at 27.7°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 mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1359 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.04× 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 #74 largest of 164 steel plants in China by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Xichang Aerospace Cement Company Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 456,951 t CO₂
• Sichuan Jiahua Jinping Special Type Cement Co.,Ltd. Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 827,702 t CO₂
• Panzhihua Ruida Cement Co.,Ltd. Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 436,498 t CO₂
• Zhaojue Jinxin Cement Co.,Ltd. Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 443,472 t CO₂
• Sichuan Province Naituo Special Cement Co.,Ltd. Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 300,648 t CO₂
• Huidong Lisen Cement Co.,Ltd. Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 461,003 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 27.74579, 102.20763. View on OpenStreetMap.

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