WISCO Group Kunming Steel Co Ltd New District Branch (武钢集团昆明钢铁股份有限公司新区分公司) is a steel plant in Caopu, Aning, Kunming, 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 Caopu, Aning, Kunming, Yunnan, China:
Location: Coordinates (WGS 84 ): 24.953261, 102.378082 (exact)Background WISCO Group Kunming Steel Co., Ltd. relocated the steel production capacity of Anning Headquarters to Caopu Kungang New Area of Anning Industrial Park, built one 2500m³ blast furnace, two 120-tonne basic oxygen furnaces (BOF). It was put into production by the end of February 2022.[ 1] [ 2]
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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
WISCO Group Kunming Steel Co Ltd [100.0%]
unknown [100.0%]
E100001012225 [100.0%]
WISCO Group Kunming Steel Co Ltd [100%][ 4]
unknown
E100001012225 [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
3200[ 7]
3200[ 7]
operating pre-retirement
2276[ 7]
2276[ 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)
operating
2130[ 8]
2130[ 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
unknown
2020
unknown[ 9] [ 10]
–[ 9] [ 10]
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
2019
unknown
unknown
2020
unknown[ 9] [ 10]
–[ 9] [ 10]
2021
unknown
unknown
2022
unknown
unknown
2023
unknown
unknown
2024
unknown
unknown
Unit Details Table 9: Blast Furnace Details
Unit name
Status
Announced date
Start date
Current size
Current capacity (ttpa)
Decarbonization technology
Most recent relining
unknown BF (1)
operating[ 11]
2022-01-29[ 8]
2022[ 11]
2500.0 m3[ 12]
2130[ 8]
unknown
2023-09-19[ 13]
Table 10: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details
Unit name
Status
Announced date
Start date
Current capacity (ttpa)
Current size
BOF 1
operating pre-retirement[ 7]
2022-01-29[ 8] [ 7]
2022[ 14]
1138[ 7]
120.0 tonnes[ 15]
BOF 2
operating pre-retirement[ 7]
2022-01-29[ 8] [ 7]
2022[ 14]
1138[ 7]
120.0 tonnes[ 15]
unknown BOF (1)
announced[ 7]
2023-12-30[ 7]
–
1600[ 7]
150.0 tonnes[ 7]
unknown BOF (2)
announced[ 7]
2023-12-30[ 7]
–
1600[ 7]
150.0 tonnes[ 7]
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