What CBAM figure does an EU mill need for iron ore pellets from Ukraine?

Pellets are a CBAM good, so the importer needs embedded emissions per tonne: fuel for the induration furnace, carbon in any additives, and electricity for grinding, reported separately. Fines and lump ore are not covered, only agglomerated ore.

Direct emissions

• Gas, coal or oil burnt in the induration furnace.
• Carbon in bentonite, limestone or dolomite additives.
• Fuel for drying, if separate.

Electricity

Grinding and pelletising use a lot of power. Report kWh per tonne and the factor; for iron and steel goods it is reported, not charged.

Mine and concentrator

Mining and concentrating ore are outside the CBAM pellet figure. Steel buyers may still ask for them for a full footprint.

What Senseible does here

Senseible keeps each site's fuel, power and production records together, so the embedded emissions you send an EU importer trace back to dated documents.

• Are pellets covered
• Pellet plant CO2
• Ukrainian steel to Poland

Sources: Regulation (EU) 2023/956 (CBAM Regulation), consolidated, European Commission, CBAM definitive regime, worldsteel, CO2 data collection methodology

Last reviewed 2026-10-21.