Xining Special Steel Co Ltd (西宁特殊钢股份有限公司) is a steel plant in Xining, Chengbei, Qinghai, China that operates electric arc furnace (EAF), basic oxygen furnace (BOF), and blast furnace (BF) technology.
Location The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Xining, Chengbei, Qinghai, China:
Location: 52 Qaidam West RoadCoordinates (WGS 84 ): 36.66856, 101.671414 (exact)Background Xining Special Steel Co., Ltd. is publicly-listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (600116 SH).
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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
Xining Special Steel Co Ltd [100.0%]
unknown [100.0%]
E100000126834 [100.0%]
Xining Special Steel Co Ltd [100%][ 3]
unknown
E100000126834 [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
Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity
Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating
900[ 8]
1140[ 8]
2040[ 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
2040[ 8] [ 9]
2040[ 8] [ 9]
Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
Ferronickel
Sinter
Coke
Pellets
NF
NF
800[ 5]
NF
Table 7: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
Year
BOF production
EAF production
Other/unknown steel production
Total (all routes)
2019
unknown[ 10]
unknown[ 10]
unknown[ 10]
–[ 10]
2020
unknown[ 10]
unknown[ 10]
1932[ 10]
1932[ 10]
2021
unknown
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
DRI production
Other/unknown iron production
2019
unknown
unknown
unknown
2020
unknown
unknown
unknown
2021
unknown
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
unknown BF (1)
operating[ 11]
–
450.0 m3[ 11]
500[ 9]
unknown
unknown BF (2)
operating[ 11]
–
450.0 m3[ 11]
500[ 9]
unknown
unknown BF (3)
operating[ 12]
2011[ 12]
1080.0 m3[ 13]
1040[ 8]
unknown
Table 10: Electric Arc Furnace Details
Unit name
Status
Current capacity (ttpa)
Current size (tonnes)
unknown EAF (1)
operating[ 14]
210[ 8]
35.0[ 11]
unknown EAF (2)
operating[ 14]
210[ 8]
35.0[ 11]
unknown EAF (3)
operating[ 14]
260[ 8]
40.0[ 11]
unknown EAF (4)
operating[ 14]
460[ 8]
60.0[ 11]
Table 11: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details
Unit name
Scrap-based
% scrap
% DRI
% HBI
% sponge iron (unknown if DRI or HBI)
% basic/merchant pig iron
% granulated pig iron
% pig iron (unknown if basic/merchant or granulated)
% other iron
unknown EAF (1)
yes[ 15]
>0[ 15]
unknown
unknown
unknown
>0[ 16]
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown EAF (2)
yes[ 15]
>0[ 15]
unknown
unknown
unknown
>0[ 16]
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown EAF (3)
yes[ 15]
>0[ 15]
unknown
unknown
unknown
>0[ 16]
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown EAF (4)
yes[ 15]
>0[ 15]
unknown
unknown
unknown
>0[ 16]
unknown
unknown
unknown
Table 12: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details
Unit name
Status
Current capacity (ttpa)
Current size
unknown BOF (1)
operating[ 3]
900[ 8]
65.0 tonnes[ 11]
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