Egyptian Sponge Iron and Steel Company Sadat City plant

Egyptian Sponge Iron and Steel Company Sadat City plant is a steel plant in Egypt with a reported capacity of 3,000,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Egyptian Sponge Iron & Steel Company SAE. By capacity it ranks #3 of 11 steel plants tracked in Egypt. It emits about 1,939,321 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 452,056 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 20% above the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566793.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 3,000,000 t of steel, Egyptian Sponge Iron and Steel Company Sadat City plant é bem acima de a mediana de steel plant em Egypt (1,200,000 t of steel). Seu CO₂ por unidade de capacidade é aproximadamente 23% acima 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 1,939,321 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 Egypt

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

Operator

Operated by Egyptian Sponge Iron & Steel Company SAE. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Egyptian Sponge Iron and Steel Company Sadat City plant sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 30.4°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 #3 largest of 11 steel plants in Egypt by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Egyptian American Steel Rolling Company Sadat City plant · Steel Plant · 632,994 t CO₂
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• Mega Textiles Sae · Textiles · 102 t CO₂
• Alroubaia Fourtex Textiles Co,S.A.E · Textiles · 102 t CO₂
• Alroubaia Textile Cofourtex · Textiles · 102 t CO₂
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Location

Coordinates 30.39344, 30.58902. View on OpenStreetMap.

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