Shanxi Tongcai Industry and Trade Co Ltd — China

Shanxi Tongcai Industry and Trade Co Ltd is a steel plant in China. Its listed capacity is 2,780,000 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 ShanXi TongCai Industry and Trade Co Ltd. By capacity it ranks #104 among 164 steel plants in China. It emits about 3,664,360 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.14% of the CO₂e from the 1,485 facilities in China that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 42% above the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-32440571.

In context: how this facility compares

At 2,780,000 t of steel, Shanxi Tongcai Industry and Trade 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 3,664,360 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 ShanXi TongCai Industry and Trade Co Ltd.

Local climate

Shanxi Tongcai Industry and Trade Co Ltd sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSk), at 35.7°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 benign, low-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C1 — Very low), with dust abrasion the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1373 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.06× 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 #104 largest of 164 steel plants in China by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Houma Huifeng Building Materials Co. Cement Plant · Cement Plant
• Shanxi Jinnan Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd · Steel Plant · 8,595,484 t CO₂
• Shanxi Zhongsheng Iron and Steel Co Ltd · Steel Plant · 2,389,492 t CO₂
• Shanxi Zhongtiao Mountain New Building Materials Co. Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 168,729 t CO₂
• Jiangxian Xinsheng White Lime Factory · Lime Plant
• Shanxi Gaoyi Steel Co Ltd · Steel Plant · 4,188,252 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 35.69723, 111.43337. View on OpenStreetMap.

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