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

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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](https://senseible.earth/answers/are-iron-ore-pellets-covered-by-cbam)
- [Pellet plant CO2](https://senseible.earth/answers/ballari-pellet-plant-co2-per-tonne)
- [Ukrainian steel to Poland](https://senseible.earth/answers/ukraine-steel-exporter-to-poland-cbam-records)

Sources: [Regulation (EU) 2023/956 (CBAM Regulation), consolidated](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/956/2025-10-20), [European Commission, CBAM definitive regime](https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/carbon-border-adjustment-mechanism/cbam-definitive-regime_en), [worldsteel, CO2 data collection methodology](https://worldsteel.org)

Last reviewed 2026-10-21.