Rungta Mines Karakhendra Steel Plant — India
Steel Plant in India. Approximate location 22.14017, 85.41462.
Steel PlantIndiaStatus: announced (GEM)
Rungta Mines Karakhendra Steel Plant is a steel plant in India. 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.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-48306442.
Data status
Known source data
Calculated from the dataset
Not available
Source data, measured cross-checks and calculated values are kept separate. No confidence percentage is invented.
Operating power plants within 50 km
- Barbil Jagannath power station · Coal · 30 MW · 3 km
- RUNGTA KAMANDA · Other · 40 MW · 31 km
PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.
In context: how this facility compares
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.
Parent company
Rungta Mines Ltd Global Energy Monitor
Parent company per Global Energy Monitor; the operator itself is not stated in the source dataset.
Local climate
Rungta Mines Karakhendra Steel Plant sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate zone (Köppen Cwa), at 22.1°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 moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1255 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
Nearby industrial sites
- Orissa Sponge Iron and Steel plant · Steel Plant · 159,160 t CO₂
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- SAIL Rourkela steel plant · Steel Plant · 5,992,099 t CO₂
- Jai Balaji Jyoti Steels Sundargarh plant · Steel Plant · 144,977 t CO₂
- Adhunik Metaliks Kuanrmunda steel plant · Steel Plant · 804,997 t CO₂
- Rungta Mines Chaliyama steel plant · Steel Plant · 1,096,782 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates 22.14017, 85.41462. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Rungta Mines Karakhendra Steel Plant?
Rungta Mines Karakhendra Steel Plant is a steel plant in India. 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.
Where is Rungta Mines Karakhendra Steel Plant located?
Rungta Mines Karakhendra Steel Plant is in India at approximately 22.14017, 85.41462.