Weifang Special Steel Group Co Ltd (潍坊钢铁集团公司, 山东齐鲁钢铁集团总公司, 潍坊钢铁集团有限公司, 潍坊特钢集团有限公司), also known as Weifang Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd., Shandong Qilu Iron and Steel Group Corporation, Weifang Iron and Steel Group Company, is a steel plant in Kuiwen, Weifang, Shandong, China that operates basic oxygen furnace (BOF) and blast furnace (BF) technology.
Location The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Kuiwen, Weifang, Shandong, China:
Location: Weigang East RoadCoordinates (WGS 84 ): 36.644469, 119.238427 (exact)Background The company was fined 27,000 yuan as an administrative penalty for violations discovered during a safety risk and hazard inspection conducted by the Shandong Province Emergency Management Department.[ 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
Weiao (Shandong) Investment Co Ltd [100.0%]
unknown [100.0%]
E100000128568 [100.0%]
Weifang SPECIAL Steel Group Co Ltd [100%][ 5]
unknown
E100000127319 [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)
operating pre-retirement
3000[ 8]
3000[ 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)
operating pre-retirement
2350[ 9] [ 10]
2350[ 9] [ 10]
Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
Ferronickel
Sinter
Coke
Pellets
NF
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
2668[ 11]
–[ 11]
2668[ 11]
2020
unknown
unknown
–
2021
unknown
unknown
–
2022
unknown
unknown
–
2023
unknown
unknown
–
2024
unknown
unknown
–
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
2564[ 11]
–[ 11]
2564[ 11]
2020
unknown
unknown
–
2021
unknown
unknown
–
2022
unknown
unknown
–
2023
unknown
unknown
–
2024
unknown
unknown
–
Unit Details Table 9: Blast Furnace Details
Unit name
Status
Start date
Current size
Current capacity (ttpa)
Decarbonization technology
Most recent relining
BF 1
operating pre-retirement[ 12] [ 4]
–
1186.0 m3[ 13]
1130[ 9]
unknown
2020-01[ 14]
BF 2
operating pre-retirement[ 15] [ 4]
2007[ 16]
1360.0 m3[ 13]
1220[ 10]
unknown
2017-12-02[ 17]
Table 10: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details
Unit name
Status
Current capacity (ttpa)
Current size
unknown BOF (1)
operating pre-retirement[ 3] [ 4]
1500[ 8]
120.0 tonnes[ 13]
unknown BOF (2)
operating pre-retirement[ 3] [ 4]
1500[ 8]
120.0 tonnes[ 13]
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