Baowu Group Echeng Iron and Steel Co Ltd

From Global Energy Monitor

Baowu Group Echeng Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. (宝武集团鄂城钢铁有限公司), also known as Wuhan Iron and Steel Group Echeng Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., is a 4400 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) steel plant operating in Ezhou, Hubei, China.

Location

The map below shows the location of the steel plant in Ezhou, Hubei, China.

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  • Location: No. 215 Wuchang Avenue, Ezhou City, Hubei Province[1]
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 30.39574, 114.861313 (exact)

Background

According to the capacity replacement plan in February 2019 the company planed to build a 120-tonne basic oxygen furnace to replace two 35-tonne basic oxygen furnaces.[2] The two 35-tonne basic oxygen furnaces was demolished in September 2019.[3]


Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
operating[4] 1958[5] 7250[4]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

State-owned entity status State-owned entity department Parent company Parent company PermID Owner Owner company PermID
full[4] SASAC 75.01%, Government of Guangdong Province 24.99%[4] China Baowu Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd. [75%]; Guangdong Guangwu Holding Group Co., Ltd. [25%][4] 5000039946 [75%]; GEM0000407 [25%] Baowu Group Echeng Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.[4] 4298154971

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
finished rolled[6] medium and small rods for reinforced concrete, carbon structural steel, high-quality carbon structural steel, alloy structural steel, cold heading and cold extrusion steel, high-strength ring chain steel, spring steel, and billet steel; high-quality carbon structural steel wire rods, low-carbon steel wire rods, bearing steel wire rods, spring steel wire rods, wire rods for pipe pile reinforcement, alloy steel wire rods, cold heading wire rods, and welding wire rod[6] blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF)[7] 2 BOF (2x130-tonne)[8]

Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):

Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
4400 TTPA[9] 4400 TTPA

Table 5: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):

Blast furnace capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
3300 TTPA[9] 3300 TTPA


Blast Furnace Details

Table 6: Blast Furnace Details:

Unit name Status Start date Current size Current capacity
6 operating[10] 1800 m³[8] 1786 TTPA[10]
1 operating[11] January 2010[11] 2600 m³[8] 2005 TTPA[11]

Articles and Resources

Additional data

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  2. 关于武汉钢铁集团鄂城钢铁产能置换方案的公告,中国钢材价格网,February 20, 2019
  3. 打响蓝天保卫战:鄂钢拆除两座35吨小转炉,兰格钢铁网,September 5, 2019
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