Wu'an Mingfang Iron and Steel Co Ltd

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Wu'an Mingfang Iron and Steel Co Ltd (武安市明芳钢铁有限公司), also known as Hebei Xinwu'an Iron and Steel Group Mingfang Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., is a blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) retired steel plant in Handan, Hebei, China.

Location

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  • Location: Wu'an Industrial Park, Handan City, Hebei Province
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 36.710754, 114.207855 (exact)

Background

Wu'an Mingfang Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. closed on July 13,2021.[1]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Retired date Workforce size
Retired[2] 1984[2] 2021[3] 4500[4]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company GEM ID
Hebei Taihang Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd [100.0%] E100000123261 [100%] Wu'an Mingfang Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.[5] E100000127023

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
finished rolled[2] high-speed wire rods (hot-rolled round steel bars for reinforced concrete, hot-rolled ribbed steel bars for reinforced concrete, low-carbon hot-rolled round wire rods), round steel (hot-rolled round steel for industrial production), rebar[2] building and infrastructure; tools and machinery; transport[2] BF, BOF[6] 3 BOF (2x50-tonne, 1 x80-tonne)[6]

Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status* Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
retired 2999 TTPA[2][2][2] 2999 TTPA[2][2][2]

Table 5: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status* Blast furnace capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
retired 2640 TTPA[7][7][7] 2640 TTPA[7][7][7]

Table 6: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year BOF Production Total (all routes)
2020 1061 TTPA[8] 1061 TTPA[8]
2021 1857 TTPA[8] 1857 TTPA[8]
2022

Table 7: Actual Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year BF Production Total (all routes)
2020 1173 TTPA[8] 1173 TTPA[8]
2021 1801 TTPA[8] 1801 TTPA[8]
2022

Blast Furnace Details

Table 8: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name Status Announced date Construction date Start date Retired date Current size Current capacity (ttpa) Decarbonization technology Most recent relining
3 retired[2] unknown unknown unknown 2021[3] 1080 m³[6] 1040[7] unknown unknown
4 retired[2] unknown unknown 2009-01-17 00:00:00[9] 2021[3] 1080 m³[6] 1040[7] unknown unknown
unknown retired[2] unknown unknown unknown 2021[3] 460 m³[6] 560[7] unknown unknown

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References

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