Gerdau Açominas Ouro Branco steel plant

Gerdau Açominas Ouro Branco steel plant is a steel plant in Brazil with a reported capacity of 4,360,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Gerdau Acominas SA. By capacity it ranks #5 of 22 steel plants tracked in Brazil. It emits about 4,705,160 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 1,096,774 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 100% above the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566446.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 4,360,000 t of steel, Gerdau Açominas Ouro Branco steel plant é bem acima de a mediana de steel plant em Brazil (1,000,000 t of steel). Seu CO₂ por unidade de capacidade é aproximadamente 92% 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 4,705,160 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 Brazil

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

Operator

Operated by Gerdau Acominas SA. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Gerdau Açominas Ouro Branco steel plant sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate zone (Köppen Cwa), at 20.5°S in the southern hemisphere.

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

How it compares & nearby sites

The #5 largest of 22 steel plants in Brazil by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Vallourec Jeceaba steel plant · Steel Plant · 525,338 t CO₂
• Carandaí Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,325,374 t CO₂
• Paranatex Industria Textil Ltda · Textiles · 302 t CO₂
• Petrobras REGAP Refinery · Refinery · 1,064,328 t CO₂
• Barroso Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,052,724 t CO₂
• Tecelagem De Fitas Britannia Ltda · Textiles · 302 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates -20.54436, -43.75257. View on OpenStreetMap.

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