China Steel Xiaogang steel plant

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China Steel Xiaogang steel plant (中國鋼鐵股份有限公司 簡稱臺灣中鋼 小港廠區) is a steel plant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan that operates blast furnace (BF), basic oxygen furnace (BOF), and electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

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  • Location: No. 1, Zhonggang Road, Xiaogang District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 22.555442, 120.349252 (exact)

Background

In 1977, CSC underwent privatization and transformed from a private enterprise into a state-owned enterprise. In the first phase of the construction project, the annual crude steel production capacity reached 1.5 million metric tons. By 1982, the second phase of the construction project was completed, and the cumulative annual crude steel production capacity reached 3.25 million metric tons. In 1988, the third phase of the expansion project was completed, and the cumulative annual crude steel production capacity reached 5.652 million metric tons. In 1995, CSC transformed from a state-owned enterprise back into a privately-owned company. In 1997, the fourth phase of the expansion project was completed, and the cumulative annual crude steel production capacity reached 8.054 million metric tons. By 2006, due to equipment upgrades and improvements over the years, the production capacity had substantially increased, and the revised cumulative annual crude steel production capacity was 9.86 million metric tons. In 2008, the acquisition of 100% equity of CSC was completed. In 2010, the first phase of the second stage of the expansion project of CSC was completed, and the cumulative annual crude steel production capacity reached 13.36 million metric tons. In 2013, the second phase of the second stage of the expansion project of CSC was completed, and the cumulative annual crude steel production capacity reached 15.86 million metric tons.[1]

China Steel Corporation owns both Dragon Steel plants and the China Steel Structure, which helped to build the CSC plant.[2][3]

In 2023, CSC announced that it will be pursuing to replace NO.1 blast furnace with Electric Arc Furnace[4]. However, In June 2025, the company announced that they will temporarily paused its plan to convert a blast furnace to an EAF. The future of the project remains uncertain, with difficulty in obtaining scrap steel and a lack of economic viability[5].

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Workforce size
1971[6] 17434[7]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

State-owned entity status Parent company Parent company PermID Parent GEM entity ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner GEM entity ID
Partial China Steel Corp [100.0%] 4295892116 [100.0%] E100001010146 [100.0%] China Steel Corp [100%][8] 4295892116 E100001010146 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel products ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Main production equipment
plate, bars, wire rod, hot rolled coil, cold rolled, coil[9] Expired[10][11] unknown[10] BF; BOF; EAF

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 Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
announced – 1500[12][13] 1500[12][13]
operating 10000[14] – 10000[14]

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)
operating 8920[15][16] 8920[15][16]
operating pre-retirement 2100[17] 2100[17]

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

Ferronickel Sinter Coke
NF >0[18] >0[18]

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 unknown unknown –
2020 unknown unknown –
2021 unknown unknown –
2022 8803[19] unknown[19] 8803[19]
2023 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

Unit Details

Table 9: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Retired date Furnace manufacturer and model Current size Current capacity (ttpa) Decarbonization technology Most recent relining
BF 1 operating pre-retirement[12][13] 1977[20] 2030[12] Paul Wurth (parts)[21] 2434.0 m3[22] 2100[17] unknown 2015-06[23]
BF 2 operating[16] 1982[24] – Primetals Technologies (parts); Paul Wurth (parts)[25] 3276.0 m3[22] 2920[16] unknown 2021[25]
BF 3 operating[16] 1988[24] – Paul Wurth (parts)[21] 3400.0 m3[22] 3000[15] unknown 2018-12[26]
BF 4 operating[16] 1996[27][28] – Primetals Technologies; Yokogawa Taiwan[29][28] 3400.0 m3[22] 3000[15] unknown 2014-02[28]

Table 10: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name Status Announced date Start date Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown EAF (1) announced[12][13] 2023-04-04 2030 1500[12][13]

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 Current capacity (ttpa) Current size
unknown BOF (1) operating[22] 3750[14] 150.0 tonnes[22]
unknown BOF (2) operating[22] 6250[14] 250.0 tonnes[22]

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References

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