Ann Joo Integrated Steel Penang plant

Ann Joo Integrated Steel Penang plant is a steel plant in Malaysia with a reported capacity of 900,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Ann Joo Integrated Steel Sdn Bhd. By capacity it ranks #8 of 10 steel plants tracked in Malaysia. It emits about 642,630 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 149,797 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 32% above the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-32440920.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 900,000 t of steel, Ann Joo Integrated Steel Penang plant é abaixo de a mediana de steel plant em Malaysia (1,400,000 t of steel). Seu CO₂ por unidade de capacidade é aproximadamente 24% abaixo de a mediana de steel plant. Subsetor: iron-and-steel. Como steel plant, requer calor de processo intenso (tipicamente 800–1500°C) para suas operações industriais centrais — calor que deve ser fornecido por caldeiras, fornos ou combustão direta, e as perdas através de vasos e tubulações não isolados representam combustível desperdiçado. O isolamento modular removível pode reduzir essas perdas em 80–96%, esfriando superfícies a ≤45°C, com payback geralmente inferior a 2 anos. As usinas de aço queimam carvão em altos-fornos ou usam arcos elétricos para derreter sucata; em ambos os casos, o metal fundido deve ser mantido acima de 1.500°C e transferido através de tubulações e vasos de calor extensos.

Comparação de capacidade e intensidade de CO₂ calculada a partir dos dados de instalações industriais Climate TRACE; função do setor baseada em referência de engenharia.

What 642,630 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's reported annual CO₂e in the 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 Malaysia

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

Operator

Operated by Ann Joo Integrated Steel Sdn Bhd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Ann Joo Integrated Steel Penang plant sits in a tropical rainforest climate zone (Köppen Af), at 5.4°N in the northern hemisphere.

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

How it compares & nearby sites

The #8 largest of 10 steel plants in Malaysia by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

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• Mg Furniture Sdn. Bhd · Textiles · 74 t CO₂
• Kulim Rubber Moulding Sdn. Bhd. · Textiles · 74 t CO₂
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Location

Coordinates 5.38064, 100.37703. View on OpenStreetMap.

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