Quzhou Yuanli Metal Products Co Ltd (衢州元立金属制品有限公司, 浙江元立钢铁有限公司), also known as Zhejiang Yuanli Steel Co., Ltd., is a steel plant in Economic Development Zone, Kecheng, Quzhou, Zhejiang, China that operates basic oxygen furnace (BOF) and blast furnace (BF) technology.
Location The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Economic Development Zone, Kecheng, Quzhou, Zhejiang, China:
Location: Metal Products ParkCoordinates (WGS 84 ): 28.893407, 118.867125 (exact)Background According to the company's production capacity replacement plan in June 2022, it is planned to withdraw 2 blast furnaces of 450m3, 1 blast furnace of 1068 m3, build 1 blast furnace of 1660 m3, with a capacity of 1.43 million tons; withdraw 5 basic oxygen furnaces of 70 tons and build 3 basic oxygen furnaces of 100-ton , with a capacity of 3.45 million tons.[ 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
Zhejiang Yuanli METAL PRODUCT Group Co Ltd [81.5%]; Zhejiang Yuanli Metal Products Group Co Ltd Trade Union Committee [18.5%]
unknown [81.5%]; unknown [18.5%]
E100000128134 [81.5%]; E100000130615 [18.5%]
Quzhou Yuanli METAL Products Co Ltd [100%][ 4]
unknown
E100000126156 [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
Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
announced
3450[ 7]
3450[ 7]
operating pre-retirement
5000[ 7]
5000[ 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
1180[ 7]
1180[ 7]
operating
2360[ 8] [ 7]
2360[ 8] [ 7]
operating pre-retirement
2342[ 8]
2342[ 8]
retired
980[ 8]
980[ 8]
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
Other/unknown steel production
2019
unknown[ 9]
unknown[ 9]
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
Total (all routes)
2019
4256[ 9]
–[ 9]
4256[ 9]
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[ 10]
2023-08-22[ 7]
2024-08-22[ 11]
2025[ 10]
–
1280.0 m3[ 7]
1180[ 8]
unknown
–
unknown BF (2)
operating[ 12]
2023-08-22[ 7]
–
2025[ 12]
–
1280.0[ 7]
1180[ 7]
unknown
–
unknown BF (3)
announced[ 7]
2023-08-22[ 7]
–
2026[ 7]
–
1280.0 m3[ 7]
1180[ 7]
unknown
–
unknown BF (4)
retired[ 13]
–
–
–
2025-02-02[ 13]
450.0 m3[ 14]
490[ 8]
unknown
2023-06[ 15]
unknown BF (5)
retired[ 13]
–
–
–
2025-02-07[ 13]
450.0 m3[ 14]
490[ 8]
unknown
–
unknown BF (6)
operating pre-retirement[ 14]
–
–
–
–
1080.0 m3[ 14]
1178[ 8]
unknown
–
unknown BF (7)
operating pre-retirement[ 14]
–
–
2011[ 16]
–
1068.0 m3[ 14]
1164[ 8]
unknown
–
Table 10: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details
Unit name
Status
Current capacity (ttpa)
Current size
unknown BOF (1)
operating pre-retirement[ 7]
1000[ 7]
70.0 tonnes[ 14]
unknown BOF (2)
operating pre-retirement[ 7]
1000[ 7]
70.0 tonnes[ 14]
unknown BOF (3)
operating pre-retirement[ 7]
1000[ 7]
70.0 tonnes[ 14]
unknown BOF (4)
operating pre-retirement[ 7]
1000[ 7]
70.0 tonnes[ 14]
unknown BOF (5)
operating pre-retirement[ 7]
1000[ 7]
70.0 tonnes[ 14]
unknown BOF (6)
announced[ 7]
1150[ 7]
100.0 tonnes[ 7]
unknown BOF (7)
announced[ 7]
1150[ 7]
100.0 tonnes[ 7]
unknown BOF (8)
announced[ 7]
1150[ 7]
100.0 tonnes[ 7]
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