Tenaris TAMSA Veracruz steel plant — Mexico

Tenaris TAMSA Veracruz steel plant is a steel plant in Mexico. Its listed capacity is 1,230,000 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 Tubos de Acero de Mexico SA. By capacity it ranks #7 among 10 steel plants in Mexico. It emits about 138,092 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.34% of the CO₂e from the 62 facilities in Mexico that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 88% below the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566979.

In context: how this facility compares

At 1,230,000 t of steel, Tenaris TAMSA Veracruz steel plant is below the median steel plant in Mexico (1,650,000 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 138,092 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 Mexico

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

Operator

Operated by Tubos de Acero de Mexico SA.

Local climate

Tenaris TAMSA Veracruz steel plant sits in a tropical savanna climate zone (Köppen Aw), at 19.2°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 an extreme marine/tropical environment (estimated ISO 9223 class CX — Extreme), with marine salt corrosion the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1248 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

The #7 largest of 10 steel plants in Mexico by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Apazapan Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 617,655 t CO₂
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• Kimberly-Clark de México S.A. de C.V. - Orizaba Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill
• Mexicana de Papel Periódico S.A. de C.V. Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill
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Location

Coordinates 19.17971, -96.24085. View on OpenStreetMap.

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