Sin Yuan Steel Shymkent steel plant

Sin Yuan Steel Shymkent steel plant is a steel plant in Kazakhstan with a reported capacity of 500,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). By capacity it ranks #2 of 3 steel plants tracked in Kazakhstan. It emits about 610,616 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 142,335 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 126% above the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-42741765.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 500,000 t of steel, Sin Yuan Steel Shymkent steel plant é abaixo de a mediana de steel plant em Kazakhstan (6,000,000 t of steel). Seu CO₂ por unidade de capacidade é aproximadamente 8% 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 610,616 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 Kazakhstan

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

Local climate

Sin Yuan Steel Shymkent steel plant sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean continental climate zone (Köppen Dsa), at 42.3°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 #2 largest of 3 steel plants in Kazakhstan by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Shymkent Oil Refinery · Refinery · 1,675,091 t CO₂
• HeidelbergCement Shymkentcement Plant · Cement Plant · 638,279 t CO₂
• Standard Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 338,168 t CO₂
• SAS-Tobe Technologies Sastobe Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 211,844 t CO₂
• Akhangaran Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,361,725 t CO₂
• Tashkent Conch Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 738,138 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 42.27226, 69.7261. View on OpenStreetMap.

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