Qingdao Special Iron and Steel Co Ltd (青岛特殊钢铁有限公司) is a steel plant in Boli, Huangdao, Qingdao, Shandong, 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 Boli, Huangdao, Qingdao, Shandong, China:
Location: No. 1886 Jicheng RoadCoordinates (WGS 84 ): 35.6296, 119.722335 (exact)Background According to the company's announcement in March 2020, the company plans to build a 265m2 sintering machine, a 1200m3 blast furnace, and a 100t converter in Qingdao West Coast Economic New Zone.[ 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
Citic Pacific Special Steel Group Co Ltd [100.0%]
unknown [100.0%]
E100000128047 [100.0%]
Qingdao Special Iron and Steel Co Ltd [100%][ 5]
unknown
E100000127314 [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)
announced
1150[ 9]
–
1150[ 9]
operating
3200[ 10]
970[ 10] [ 11]
4170[ 10] [ 11]
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
4200[ 9] [ 12]
4200[ 9] [ 12]
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
EAF production
Other/unknown steel production
2019
unknown
unknown
unknown
2020
unknown
unknown
unknown
2021
unknown
unknown
unknown
2022
unknown
unknown
unknown
2023
unknown
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
2019
unknown
unknown
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
Announced date
Start date
Current size
Current capacity (ttpa)
Decarbonization technology
Most recent relining
BF 1
operating[ 13]
–
2015[ 14]
1800.0 m3[ 15]
1535[ 12]
unknown
–
BF 2
operating[ 13]
–
2016[ 16]
1800.0 m3[ 15]
1535[ 12]
unknown
2021-03-20[ 17]
BF 3
operating[ 18]
2020-03-06[ 19]
2021[ 18]
1200.0[ 19]
1130[ 9]
–
–
Table 10: Electric Arc Furnace Details
Unit name
Status
Current capacity (ttpa)
Current size (tonnes)
unknown EAF (1)
operating[ 2]
970[ 10] [ 11]
80.0[ 15] [ 20]
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[ 21]
>0[ 21]
unknown
unknown
unknown
>0[ 22]
unknown
unknown
unknown
Table 12: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details
Unit name
Status
Announced date
Current capacity (ttpa)
Current size
unknown BOF (1)
operating[ 2]
–
1067[ 10]
100.0 tonnes[ 15] [ 20]
unknown BOF (2)
operating[ 2]
–
1067[ 10]
100.0 tonnes[ 15] [ 20]
unknown BOF (3)
operating[ 10]
–
1066[ 10]
100.0 tonnes[ 10]
unknown BOF (4)
announced[ 19]
2020-03-06[ 19]
1150[ 9]
100.0 tonnes[ 19]
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