China Baowu Phnom Penh steel plant

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China Baowu Phnom Penh steel plant is a steel plant in Phnom Penh, Cambodia that operates basic oxygen furnace (BOF) and blast furnace (BF) technology.

Location

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Location:
Coordinates (WGS 84): 11.56703, 104.863893 (approximate)

Background

The China Baowu Phnom Penh steel plant's blast furnaces and basic oxygen furnaces are from a plant in Xinjiang that was shut down in 2017.^[1]^[2] In May 2019, China's steel maker Baowu Group announced its plans to relocate blast furnaces from remote Xinjiang to Cambodia as part of China's efforts to shift its excess capacity overseas.^[3] The equipment is to be moved from Xinjiang Bayi Nanjiang Steel Baicheng Co Ltd, a Baowu subsidiary based in Aksu city in China which was shut down in 2017.^[4] The move was expected to happen in late 2019.^[5] According the OECD steelmaking capacity report 2022, the status of the project is still in planning stage.^[6]

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details


Announced date	Retired date
2019-05-24^[7]	2024^[7]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information


Parent company	Parent company PermID	Parent GEM entity ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner GEM entity ID
China Baowu Steel Group Co Ltd [100.0%]	5000039946 [100.0%]	E100001000472 [100.0%]	Xinjiang Bayi Steel Southern Xinjiang Steel Baicheng Co Ltd [100%]^[8]	5037058687	E100000130983 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products


ISO 14001	ISO 50001	Responsible steel	Main production equipment
unknown	unknown	unknown	BF; BOF

Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

¹Please 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)
cancelled	3100^[8]^[7]	3100^[8]^[7]

Table 5: Plant-level Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

¹Please 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)
cancelled	3100^[7]	3100^[7]

Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)


Ferronickel	Sinter	Coke	Pellets
NF	NF	NF	NF

Unit Details

Table 7: Blast Furnace Details


Unit name	Status	Announced date	Retired date	Current capacity (ttpa)
BF 1	cancelled^[7]	2019-05-24^[7]	2024^[7]	1550^[7]
BF 2	cancelled^[7]	2019-05-24^[7]	2024^[7]	1550^[7]

Table 8: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details


Unit name	Status	Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown BOF (1)	cancelled^[7]	1550^[7]^[8]
unknown BOF (2)	cancelled^[7]	1550^[7]^[8]

Articles and Resources

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References

↑ Kimsay, Hor. "China steel company relocates to Cambodia". Phnom Penh Post. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
↑ "FOCUS: New Chinese steel mega plants in SE Asia one step closer to completion". Metal Bulletin. Archived from the original on January 13, 2022. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
↑ "China's Baowu looking into plans to move blast furnaces to Cambodia". Business Times. 23 May, 2019. Retrieved 23 October, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ Kimsay, Hor (24 May 2019). "China steel company relocates to Cambodia". Phnom Pehn Post. Retrieved 24 October, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ Muyu Xu, Shivani Singh. "Steely ambition: China's Baowu eyes moving blast furnaces to Cambodia". U.S. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
↑ "Latest developments in steelmaking capacity". OECD. 12 December, 2022. Retrieved 23 October, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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Resources

[:0-1] Kimsay, Hor. "China steel company relocates to Cambodia". Phnom Penh Post. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.

[:1-2] "FOCUS: New Chinese steel mega plants in SE Asia one step closer to completion". Metal Bulletin. Archived from the original on January 13, 2022. Retrieved January 18, 2022.

[3] "China's Baowu looking into plans to move blast furnaces to Cambodia". Business Times. 23 May, 2019. Retrieved 23 October, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[4] Kimsay, Hor (24 May 2019). "China steel company relocates to Cambodia". Phnom Pehn Post. Retrieved 24 October, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[5] Muyu Xu, Shivani Singh. "Steely ambition: China's Baowu eyes moving blast furnaces to Cambodia". U.S. Retrieved 2023-10-23.

[6] "Latest developments in steelmaking capacity". OECD. 12 December, 2022. Retrieved 23 October, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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