Shanxi Liheng Steel Co Ltd (山西立恒钢铁股份有限公司, 山西立恒钢铁集团股份有限公司), also known as Shanxi Liheng Steel Co., Ltd., is a steel plant in Gaoxian, Quwo, Linfen, Shanxi, China that operates basic oxygen furnace (BOF) and blast furnace (BF) technology.
Location The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Gaoxian, Quwo, Linfen, Shanxi, China:
Location: XibaijiCoordinates (WGS 84 ): 35.701541, 111.42671 (exact)Background Shanxi Liheng Steel Co., Ltd. is in the process of being absorbed by Shanxi Jinnan Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd. to form a company with annual production capacity of 10 million tons of steel.[ 1] [ 2]
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Plant Details Table 1: General Plant Details
Start date
Retired date
2002-12-31[ 3]
2020[ 4]
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
Parent company
Parent company PermID
Parent GEM entity ID
Owner
Owner company PermID
Owner GEM entity ID
Shanxi Liheng Iron and Steel Co Ltd [100.0%]
unknown [100.0%]
E100000126363 [100.0%]
Shanxi Liheng Iron and Steel Co Ltd [100%][ 5]
unknown
E100000126363 [100%]
Table 3: Process and Products
Steel product category
Steel products
Steel sector end users
ISO 14001
ISO 50001
Responsible steel
Main production equipment
finished rolled[ 6]
galvanized, h-beam, strip, pipe, coil, i-beam, angle, wire[ 6]
automotive, building and infrastructure, energy, tools and machinery, transport[ 7]
Expired[ 7]
Expired[ 7]
unknown
BF; BOF
Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
1 Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status1
Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity
Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
retired
7000[ 8]
7000[ 8]
Table 5: Plant-level Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
1 Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status1
Blast furnace capacity
Nominal iron capacity (total)
retired
3500[ 8]
3500[ 8]
Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
Ferronickel
Sinter
Coke
Pellets
NF
NF
3700[ 8]
NF
Table 7: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
Year
BOF production
Other/unknown steel production
2019
unknown
unknown
2020
unknown
unknown
Table 8: Actual Plant-level Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
Year
BF production
Other/unknown iron production
2019
unknown
unknown
2020
unknown
unknown
Unit Details Table 9: Blast Furnace Details
Unit name
Status
Retired date
Current size
Current capacity (ttpa)
Decarbonization technology
unknown BF (1)
retired[ 9]
2020[ 4]
450.0 m3[ 4]
550[ 8]
unknown
unknown BF (2)
retired[ 9]
2020[ 4]
450.0 m3[ 4]
550[ 8]
unknown
unknown BF (3)
retired[ 9]
2020[ 4]
450.0 m3[ 4]
550[ 8]
unknown
unknown BF (4)
retired[ 9]
2020[ 4]
450.0 m3[ 4]
550[ 8]
unknown
unknown BF (5)
retired[ 10]
2020[ 4]
550.0 m3[ 4]
650[ 8]
unknown
unknown BF (6)
retired[ 10]
2020[ 4]
550.0 m3[ 4]
650[ 8]
unknown
Table 10: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details
Unit name
Status
Retired date
Current capacity (ttpa)
Current size
unknown BOF (1)
retired[ 10]
2020[ 4]
1400[ 8]
65.0 tonnes[ 4]
unknown BOF (2)
retired[ 10]
2020[ 4]
1400[ 8]
65.0 tonnes[ 4]
unknown BOF (3)
retired[ 10]
2020[ 4]
1400[ 8]
65.0 tonnes[ 4]
unknown BOF (4)
retired[ 10]
2020[ 4]
1400[ 8]
65.0 tonnes[ 4]
unknown BOF (5)
retired[ 10]
2020[ 4]
1400[ 8]
65.0 tonnes[ 4]
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