Yieh United Steel Kaohsiung plant

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Yieh United Steel Kaohsiung plant (燁聯鋼鐵股份有限公司), also known as YUSCO, Yusco United, Yuch United, Yisco United, is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Gangshan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Location

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  • Location: No. 600, Xinglong Street, Gangshan District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan 820
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 22.830857, 120.300604 (exact)

Background

The company was fined for environmental pollution in 2021.[1]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
Operating[2] 1988[2] 3352[3]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Owner Owner company GEM ID
Yieh United Steel Corp.[2] E100000131174

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
finished rolled[2] stainless steel hot-rolled and cold-rolled coils[2] automotive; building and infrastructure; tools and machinery[4] yes[5] yes[5] EAF[2] 2 EAF[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* Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 1000 TTPA[7][7] 1000 TTPA[7][7]

Table 5: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year BOF Production Total (all routes)
2020
2021
2022 371 TTPA[8] 371 TTPA

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

Year BF Production Total (all routes)
2020
2021
2022 156 TTPA[8] 156 TTPA

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References

  1. "事業污染源裁處資料". GreenToGo. 2021-01-29.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125063209/https://www.yieh.com/en/affiliate-companies. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20220120220131/https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.yieh_united_steel_corporation.19b5298d581ade1c2273b1ac84f5230c.html. Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20210513151258/http://www.yusco.com.tw/GoToYU.aspx?Page. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 https://www.yiehphui.com.tw/content.php?id=AR201211300014&lang=EN. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20240111043952/https://baijiahao.baidu.com/s?id=1643258247667698975&wfr=spider&for=pc. Archived from the original on 11 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240111043611/http://www.yusco.com.tw/Images/DM/Page/Book50/Book50.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 (PDF) http://www.yusco.com.tw/userupload/picfiles/111%e5%b9%b4%e5%b9%b4%e5%a0%b1-%e4%b8%8a%e5%82%b3%e6%aa%94(FM%e6%b4%b8%e7%91%8b).pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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