LME Trith-Saint-Léger steel plant

LME Trith-Saint-Léger steel plant is a steel plant in France with a reported capacity of 820,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Lamines Marchands Europeens SA. By capacity it ranks #7 of 11 steel plants tracked in France. It emits about 31,674 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 7,383 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 93% below the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566819.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 820,000 t of steel, LME Trith-Saint-Léger steel plant é em torno de a mediana de steel plant em France (825,000 t of steel). 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 31,674 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 France

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

Operator

Operated by Lamines Marchands Europeens SA. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

LME Trith-Saint-Léger steel plant sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 50.3°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 #7 largest of 11 steel plants in France by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Saarstahl Ascoval Saint-Saulve steel plant · Steel Plant · 28,197 t CO₂
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• Antoing Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 136,233 t CO₂
• Gaurain Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 823,157 t CO₂
• Lnuf Marques - Usine De Cuincy · Food & Beverage · 36,510 t CO₂
• Societe Canelia Petit-Fayt Beurre · Food & Beverage · 36,510 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 50.32966, 3.49072. View on OpenStreetMap.

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