Lao Cai Cast Iron and Steel Tang Long plant

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Lao Cai Cast Iron and Steel Tang Long plant, also known as LCCISP, Viet - Trung Metallurgy Company, is a steel plant in Tang Long Town, Lào Cai, Vietnam that operates basic oxygen furnace (BOF) and blast furnace (BF) technology.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Tang Long Town, Lào Cai, Vietnam:

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• Location: TT. Tằng Loỏng, Bảo Thắng District, Lao Cai, Vietnam
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 22.306931, 104.12992 (exact)

Background

In 2004, Vietnam Steel Corporation, the Lao Cai Mineral Company and China's Kunming Steel Group joined hands to exploit iron ores and build the first steel plant in Vietnam's northern Lao Cai Province. The construction of the plant commenced in 2011. The plant was inaugurated in 2014 with an initial capacity of 500 ttpa. The plant resumed its blast furnace operation in 2025 after 3 years of inactivity due to many reasons.

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Announced date	Construction date	Start date	Workforce size	Iron ore source
2004	2011	2014	1000	Quy Xa Mine (Van Ban)

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	Kunming Iron & Steel Holding Co Ltd; Laocai Mineral Exploitation and Processing JSC; unknown; Viet Nam Steel Corp	4298154973; 5035753287; not applicable; 5000054945	E100000128516; E100000130973; E100000132388; E100000130925	Lao Cai Cast Iron and Steel [100%]	unknown	E100000131120 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category	Steel products	ISO 14001	ISO 50001	Main production equipment
crude, finished rolled	Steel ingots, cast iron	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)
operating	500	500

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	500	500

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

Ferronickel	Sinter	Coke	Pellets
NF	>0	NF	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

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	Announced date	Construction date	Start date	Current size	Current capacity (ttpa)	Decarbonization technology
unknown BF (1)	operating	2004	2011	2014	500.0 m3	500	unknown

Table 10: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Announced date	Construction date	Start date	Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown BOF (1)	operating	2004	2012	2014	500

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