Chengyu Vanadium and Titanium Technology Co Ltd (成渝钒钛科技有限公司, 威远钢铁有限公司), also known as Weiyuan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., is a steel plant in Lianjie, Weiyuan, Neijiang, Sichuan, 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 Lianjie, Weiyuan, Neijiang, Sichuan, China:
Location: Jiefang Street
Coordinates (WGS 84 ): 29.732143, 104.504339 (exact)
Background
The company plans to build a 1950 m3 blast furnace, a 120 ton basic oxygen furnace and a 80 ton electric-arc furnace to replace three 460 m3 blast furnaces and two 80 basic oxygen furnaces.[ 1]
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Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
Parent company
Parent company PermID
Parent GEM entity ID
Owner
Owner company PermID
Owner GEM entity ID
Grand Royal Co Ltd [45.2%]; Sichuan Jintong Investment Co Ltd [14.0%]; unknown [11.7%]; Sichuan Chuanwei Group Co Ltd Labor Union [9.5%]; Sichuan Chuanwei Group Co Ltd [8.6%]; Sichuan Yiweili Investment Co Ltd [6.0%]; Weiyuan Tianyue Enterprise Management Co Ltd [5.0%]
unknown [45.2%]; unknown [14.0%]; not applicable [11.7%]; unknown [9.5%]; unknown [8.6%]; unknown [6.0%]; unknown [5.0%]
E100000130585 [45.2%]; E100000128912 [14.0%]; E100000132388 [11.7%]; E100000130256 [9.5%]; E100000127991 [8.6%]; E100000128913 [6.0%]; E100000127992 [5.0%]
Chengyu Vanadium & Titanium Technology Co Ltd [100%][ 3]
unknown
E100000127197 [100%]
Table 3: Process and Products
Table 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
1350[ 6]
650[ 6]
2000[ 6]
operating
4050[ 7]
–
4050[ 7]
operating pre-retirement
2000[ 7]
–
2000[ 7]
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)
announced
1660[ 6]
1660[ 6]
operating
3320[ 8]
3320[ 8]
operating pre-retirement
1680[ 8]
1680[ 8]
Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
Ferronickel
Sinter
Coke
Pellets
NF
NF
1100[ 4]
NF
Table 7: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
Year
BOF production
Other/unknown steel production
2019
unknown
unknown
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
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
Construction date
Start date
Retired date
Current size
Current capacity (ttpa)
Decarbonization technology
Most recent relining
unknown BF (1)
operating pre-retirement[ 9]
–
–
–
2025-07[ 6]
460.0 m3[ 9]
560[ 8]
unknown
–
unknown BF (2)
operating pre-retirement[ 9]
–
–
–
2025-07[ 6]
460.0 m3[ 9]
560[ 8]
unknown
–
unknown BF (3)
operating pre-retirement[ 9]
–
–
–
2025-07[ 6]
460.0 m3[ 9]
560[ 8]
unknown
–
unknown BF (4)
operating[ 9]
–
2011-11-08[ 10]
2012[ 11]
–
1750.0 m3[ 9]
1660[ 8]
unknown
2023-05[ 12]
unknown BF (5)
operating[ 9]
–
2011-11-08[ 10]
2013[ 11]
–
1750.0 m3[ 9]
1660[ 8]
unknown
–
unknown BF (6)
announced[ 6]
2019-03-14[ 6]
–
–
–
1950.0 m3[ 6]
1660[ 6]
unknown
–
Table 10: Electric Arc Furnace Details
Unit name
Status
Announced date
Current capacity (ttpa)
Current size (tonnes)
unknown EAF (1)
announced[ 6]
2019-03-14[ 6]
650[ 6]
80.0[ 6]
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)
None
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
Table 12: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details
Unit name
Status
Announced date
Current capacity (ttpa)
Current size
unknown BOF (1)
operating pre-retirement[ 6]
–
1000[ 7]
80.0 tonnes[ 9]
unknown BOF (2)
operating pre-retirement[ 6]
–
1000[ 7]
80.0 tonnes[ 9]
unknown BOF (3)
operating[ 3]
–
1350[ 7]
120.0 tonnes[ 9]
unknown BOF (4)
operating[ 3]
–
1350[ 7]
120.0 tonnes[ 9]
unknown BOF (5)
operating[ 3]
–
1350[ 7]
120.0 tonnes[ 9]
unknown BOF (6)
announced[ 6]
2019-03-14[ 6]
1350[ 6]
120.0 tonnes[ 6]
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Additional data
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