TYASA steel plant

TYASA steel plant is a steel plant in Mexico with a reported capacity of 1,650,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Talleres y Aceros SA de CV. By capacity it ranks #6 of 14 steel plants tracked in Mexico. It emits about 81,786 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 19,064 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 91% below the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566980.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 1,650,000 t of steel, TYASA steel plant é em torno de a mediana de steel plant em Mexico (1,330,000 t of steel). Seu CO₂ por unidade de capacidade é aproximadamente 20% 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 81,786 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 Mexico

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

Operator

Operated by Talleres y Aceros SA de CV. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

TYASA steel plant sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 18.9°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 #6 largest of 14 steel plants in Mexico by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Orizaba Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 649,858 t CO₂
• Kimberly-Clark de México S.A. de C.V. - Orizaba Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 11,852 t CO₂
• Impo Export Fergar S.A. De C.V. · Textiles · 1,611 t CO₂
• Apazapan Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 617,655 t CO₂
• Puebla Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 474,769 t CO₂
• Grumax · Textiles · 1,611 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 18.8682, -97.04712. View on OpenStreetMap.

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