Makstil Skopje Steel plant

Makstil Skopje Steel plant is a steel plant in North Macedonia with a reported capacity of 550,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Makstil AD. It emits about 24,401 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 5,688 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 92% below the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566972.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 550,000 t of steel, Makstil Skopje Steel plant é em torno de a mediana de steel plant em North Macedonia (550,000 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 24,401 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.

Operator

Operated by Makstil AD. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Makstil Skopje Steel plant sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 42.0°N in the northern hemisphere.

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

How it compares & nearby sites

Nearby industrial sites

• Hellenic OKTA Skopje Refinery · Refinery · 190,123 t CO₂
• Usje Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 380,764 t CO₂
• Hani i Elezit Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 385,902 t CO₂
• Dptu Bosut Doo Kumanovo · Textiles · 1,250 t CO₂
• Albatros D.O.O. · Textiles · 1,250 t CO₂
• Mikel Trejd Dooel · Textiles · 1,250 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 42.01433, 21.4682. View on OpenStreetMap.

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