How does a sponge iron unit in Giridih work out its CBAM figure?
Direct reduced iron is a CBAM precursor for steel. Count CO2 from coal burnt in the rotary kiln, minus carbon left in the product and char, using a mass balance. Electricity is not charged for iron and steel goods, but keep the records for buyers' footprints.
Mass balance inputs
- Coal tonnes and carbon content.
- Iron ore and dolomite inputs.
- Carbon in sponge iron, char and dust.
Who needs it
Your steel buyer needs your figure as a precursor if their goods go to the EU. Without it, they use default values.
Records
Coal invoices, lab analysis and production logs per month.
What Senseible does here
Senseible reads fuel, power and production records into dated, fingerprinted installation records, the starting point for the actual emissions your EU importer asks for.
Sources: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1773, CBAM reporting rules, CBAM Regulation (EU) 2023/956, consolidated
Last reviewed 2026-10-22.