WISCO Group Kunming Steel Co Ltd Honghe Iron and Steel Company

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WISCO Group Kunming Steel Co Ltd Honghe Iron and Steel Company (红河钢铁有限公司, 武钢集团昆钢红钢公司) is a steel plant in Yuguopu, Mengzi, Honghe AP, Yunnan, China that operates basic oxygen furnace (BOF) and blast furnace (BF) technology.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Yuguopu, Mengzi, Honghe AP, Yunnan, China:

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  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 23.470733, 103.272784 (exact)

Background

Two 1080m3 blast furnace and a 50-tonne basic oxygen furnace were demolished in December 2021.[1]

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Retired date Workforce size
2004-01-30[2] 2022[3] 1859[2]

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 Baowu Steel Group Co Ltd [48.4%]; Kunming Iron & Steel Holding Co Ltd [40.3%]; unknown [4.2%] 5000039946 [48.4%]; 4298154973 [40.3%]; not applicable [4.2%] E100001000472 [48.4%]; E100000128516 [40.3%]; E100000132388 [4.2%] Honghe Iron and Steel Co Ltd [100%][4] unknown E100000126665 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Responsible steel Main production equipment
finished rolled[5] sheet, strip, coated, pipe, bar, hot rolled, wire, profile[5] Expired[6] Expired[6] 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)
retired 1422[7][8] 1422[7][8]

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)
retired 3300[9][10] 3300[9][10]

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

Ferronickel Sinter Coke Pellets
NF 3200[11] 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
2024 unknown unknown

Table 8: Actual Plant-level Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year BF production DRI production Other/unknown iron production
2019 unknown 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 Construction date Start date Retired date Current size Current capacity (ttpa) Decarbonization technology Most recent relining
BF 1 retired[10] – – 2021-12-26[10] 1080.0 m3[12] 1040[10] unknown –
BF 2 retired[10] – – 2021-12-26[10] 1080.0 m3[12] 1040[10] unknown 2014-07-01[13]
BF 3 retired[12][3] 2007-06-06[14] 2008[15] 2022[3] 1350.0 m3[12] 1220[9] unknown 2015-12-29[16]

Table 10: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Retired date Current capacity (ttpa) Current size
BOF 1 retired[3][17] 2005[17] 2022[3] 474[8] 50.0 tonnes[8]
BOF 2 retired[7] 2006[17] 2021-12[7] 474[7] 50.0 tonnes[7]
BOF 3 retired[3][17] – 2022[3] 474[8] 50.0 tonnes[8]

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References

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