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Emission factor from worldsteel

ECCS - BOF and EAF routes

World · EPD total · Any year

Each kilogram counts as 2.76 kg CO₂e, nearly all of it for cradle-to-gate (A1-A3).

Value for any year

2.76kgCO₂e/kg

Fossil only · GWP100 · AR6

FossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂EN 15804 GWP-fossil

One value, for any year

worldsteel sets no date window, so there is no year to pick.

Reference year 2024

Derived by open-climate.ai: the sum of worldsteel's published parts

Region
World GLOBAL
Boundary
EPD total
Data quality
MediumRated by us, not by the source
Licence
Open · worldsteel terms

Where 2.76 comes from

Derived by open-climate.ai

Σ 2.76: worldsteel prints the two parts separately; open-climate.ai adds them up. Benefit of recycling (D) stays beside it.

Reporting this kilogram under the GHG Protocol

This period

3.1 Goods we buy 2.76

Goods and services you buy are Scope 3, category 1, purchased goods and services.

Waste you handle at the end of its life is category 5, waste generated in operations, in the year it happens.

Later, when it happens

At end of life

  • End of Life (C1-C4) 3.5 Waste 0.00000032

Outside the scopes, reported separately

  • Benefit of recycling (D) −1.35
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Materials › Metals · World · per kg · Average

EPD total · Fossil only · AR6

Boundary
EPD total
Raw materials, inbound transport, fuel supply, fuel combustion, manufacturing, packaging, purchased energy and end of life
GWP method
IPCC AR6, 100-year horizon
Not on the record; inferred by open-climate.ai
CO₂e basis
Fossil onlyFossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂EN 15804 GWP-fossil
Split by carbon origin, not by gas
Life cycle
Upstream: coveredProduction: coveredDownstream: partly coveredEnd of life: partly covered

Medium quality · Open licence · Any year

What this number covers

What worldsteel counts in the figure for one kilogram, phase by phase.

  1. Upstream

    • Transport to the plant
    • Raw materials
    • Fuel supply chain
    Included

  2. Production

    • Fuel combustion
    • Manufacturing
    • Packaging
    • Purchased electricity and heat
    Included

  3. End of life

    • End of life
    Partly included

  4. Your record

    1 kg in your records. The factor is per kg.

    = 2.76

Outside this boundary

  • Retail

worldsteel does not count any of this in the figure for one kilogram.

Gases

  • Fossil CO₂e2.76
  • Biogenic CO₂e0.0033

The total counts fossil CO₂e. worldsteel reports biogenic CO₂e separately; it is shown beside it, not added.

From worldsteel's record to a comparable factor

worldsteel publishes the two parts; open-climate.ai added them up to this total. Here is each field as printed and what open-climate.ai made of it.

The total and its parts

Each part has its own page, with its own years and source record. Never add a part to the total.

You are here · the totalECCS, BOF and EAF routes, EPD total2.76
Cradle-to-gate (A1-A3)3.1 Goods we buy2.76100% of the totalOpenEnd of Life (C1-C4)3.5 Waste0.00000032<0.1% of the totalOpenBenefit of recycling (D)Outside−1.35Printed beside the total, not in itOpen

About this factor

From worldsteel

Also known as Electrolytic Chrome Coated Steel (ECCS). Obtained by electro plating a thin finished cold rolled coil with a thin layer of chrome. It can be found on the market in coil or in sheets and is further processed into finished products by the manufacturers. ECCS is used primarily in food cans, industrial packaging (e.g. small drums). Typical thickness between 0.13 - 0.49 mm. Typical width between 600 - 1100 mm.

Source and licence

Value
Summed by open-climate.ai from its parts
Publisher
World Steel Association (worldsteel)
Library
worldsteel 2026-release
Published
1 April 2026
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Source: World Steel Association (worldsteel). Normalised by open-climate.ai, https://open-climate.ai/factors/libraries/worldsteel/ (CC BY 4.0). https://open-climate.ai/factors/ef-worldsteel-eccs_bof_and_eaf_routes-global-kg-epd_total-1475749f/?v=efv1-4b565f51b22ad7ca049edd1f35708694

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