Baowu Group Echeng Iron and Steel Co Ltd

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Baowu Group Echeng Iron and Steel Co Ltd (武汉钢铁集团鄂城钢铁有限责任公司, 宝武集团鄂城钢铁有限公司), also known as Wuhan Iron and Steel Group Echeng Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., is a steel plant in Ezhou, Hubei, China that operates blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) technology.

Location

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  • Location: No. 215 Wuchang Avenue, Ezhou City, Hubei Province
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 30.39574, 114.861313 (exact)

Background

According to the capacity replacement plan in February 2019 the company planed to build a 120-tonne basic oxygen furnace to replace two 35-tonne basic oxygen furnaces.[1] The two 35-tonne basic oxygen furnaces was demolished in September 2019.[2]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Workforce size Power source
1958[3] 6063[4][5] 10.38 MW Photovoltaic power generation on rooftops and water surfaces[6]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

State-owned entity status Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Partial China Baowu Steel Group Co Ltd [75.0%]; Guangdong Guangwu Holding Group Co Ltd [25.0%] 5000039946 [75.0%]; unknown [25.0%] E100001000472 [75.0%]; E100000123746 [25.0%] Baowu Group Echeng Iron & Steel Co Ltd [100%][7] unknown E100000123229 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Responsible steel Main production equipment
finished rolled[8] structural, spring steel, wire rod, rod, billet[8] 2024-05-08[9][10] 2024-05-08[9][10] 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)
operating 4276[11][12] 4276[11][12]

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)
operating 3648[13][14] 3648[13][14]

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

Sinter Coke Pellets
NF NF NF

Table 7: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year BOF production Other/unknown steel production Total (all routes)
2019 5155[15] [15] 5155[15]
2020 unknown[16] unknown[16] [16]
2021 unknown[16] unknown[16] [16]
2022 unknown[17] unknown[17] [17]
2023 unknown

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

Year BF production DRI production Other/unknown iron production Total (all routes)
2019 4263[15] unknown[15] [15] 4263[15]
2020 unknown[16] [16] unknown[16] [16]
2021 unknown[16] [16] unknown[16] [16]
2022 unknown unknown
2023 unknown

Unit Details

Table 9: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Current size Current capacity (ttpa) Decarbonization technology Most recent relining
BF 1 operating[13] 2010[18] 2600.0 m3[18] 1862[13] unknown 2021-12-24[19]
BF 2 operating[20] 1800.0 m3[20] 1786[14] unknown

Table 10: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details

Unit name Status Announced date Construction date Start date Current capacity (ttpa) Current size
unknown BOF (1) operating[7] 1463[11] 130.0 tonnes[21][22]
unknown BOF (2) operating[7] 1463[11] 130.0 tonnes[21][22]
unknown BOF (3) operating[23] 2019-02[24] 2019-03[25] 2019[23] 1350[12] 120.0 tonnes[12]

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