Hebei Wenfeng Iron and Steel Co Ltd (河北文丰钢铁有限公司) is a steel plant in Handan, Hebei, China that operates basic oxygen furnace (BOF) and blast furnace (BF) technology.
Location The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Handan, Hebei, China:
Location: Wuji Town, Wu'an City, Handan City, Hebei ProvinceCoordinates (WGS 84 ): 36.64577, 114.124258 (exact)Background In late October 2021, the production lines were shut down.[ 1]
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Plant Details Table 1: General Plant DetailsTable 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
Parent company
Parent company PermID
Parent GEM entity ID
Owner
Owner company PermID
Owner GEM entity ID
Hebei Wenfeng STEEL&IRON Co Ltd [100.0%]
unknown [100.0%]
E100000127214 [100.0%]
Hebei Wenfeng STEEL&IRON Co Ltd [100%][ 5]
unknown
E100000127214 [100%]
Table 3: Process and ProductsTable 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
3499[ 2]
3499[ 2]
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
3227[ 8] [ 2]
3227[ 8] [ 2]
Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
Sinter
Coke
Pellets
NF
NF
NF
Table 7: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
Year
BOF production
Other/unknown steel production
Total (all routes)
2019
unknown
unknown
–
2020
2786[ 9]
–[ 9]
2786[ 9]
2021
unknown[ 9]
unknown[ 9]
–[ 9]
Table 8: Actual Plant-level Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
Year
BF production
Other/unknown iron production
Total (all routes)
2019
unknown
unknown
–
2020
2363[ 9]
–[ 9]
2363[ 9]
2021
unknown[ 9]
unknown[ 9]
–[ 9]
Unit Details Table 9: Blast Furnace Details
Unit name
Status
Retired date
Current size
Current capacity (ttpa)
Decarbonization technology
unknown BF (1)
retired[ 2]
2021[ 3]
480.0 m3[ 10]
570[ 2] [ 8]
unknown
unknown BF (2)
retired[ 2]
2021[ 3]
550.0 m3[ 10]
640[ 2] [ 8]
unknown
unknown BF (3)
retired[ 2]
2021[ 3]
460.0 m3[ 10]
663[ 2]
unknown
unknown BF (4)
retired[ 2]
2021[ 3]
460.0 m3[ 10]
663[ 2]
unknown
unknown BF (5)
retired[ 2]
2021[ 3]
480.0 m3[ 10]
691[ 2]
unknown
Table 10: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details
Unit name
Status
Retired date
Current capacity (ttpa)
Current size
unknown BOF (1)
retired[ 2]
2021[ 3]
544[ 2]
35.0 tonnes[ 10]
unknown BOF (2)
retired[ 2]
2021[ 3]
544[ 2]
35.0 tonnes[ 10]
unknown BOF (3)
retired[ 2]
2021[ 3]
544[ 2]
35.0 tonnes[ 10]
unknown BOF (4)
retired[ 2]
2021[ 3]
1867[ 2]
120.0 tonnes[ 10]
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