China Steel Corporation Xiaogang plant

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China Steel Corporation Xiaogang plant (中國鋼鐵股份有限公司 簡稱臺灣中鋼 小港廠區) is a blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) steel plant operating in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan:

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• Location: No. 1, Zhonggang Road, Xiaogang District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 22.555442, 120.349252 (exact)

Background

In 1977, CSC underwent privatization and transformed from a private enterprise into a state-owned enterprise. In the first phase of the construction project, the annual crude steel production capacity reached 1.5 million metric tons. By 1982, the second phase of the construction project was completed, and the cumulative annual crude steel production capacity reached 3.25 million metric tons. In 1988, the third phase of the expansion project was completed, and the cumulative annual crude steel production capacity reached 5.652 million metric tons. In 1995, CSC transformed from a state-owned enterprise back into a privately-owned company. In 1997, the fourth phase of the expansion project was completed, and the cumulative annual crude steel production capacity reached 8.054 million metric tons. By 2006, due to equipment upgrades and improvements over the years, the production capacity had substantially increased, and the revised cumulative annual crude steel production capacity was 9.86 million metric tons. In 2008, the acquisition of 100% equity of CSC was completed. In 2010, the first phase of the second stage of the expansion project of CSC was completed, and the cumulative annual crude steel production capacity reached 13.36 million metric tons. In 2013, the second phase of the second stage of the expansion project of CSC was completed, and the cumulative annual crude steel production capacity reached 15.86 million metric tons.

China Steel Corporation owns both Dragon Steel plants and the China Steel Structure, which helped to build the CSC plant.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Phase	Plant status	Announced date	Start date	Pre-retirement announcement date	Workforce size
Main plant	Operating	–	1971	–	17434
Expansion	Announced	2023-04-04	2030	–	–
Closure	Operating pre-retirement	–	–	2023-04-04	–

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Phase	Parent company	Parent company PermID	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner company GEM ID
Main plant	China Steel Corp [100%]	4295892116 [100%]	E100001010146	China Steel Corporation	4295892116	E100001010146

Table 3: Process and Products

Phase	ISO 14001	ISO 50001	Main production equipment	Detailed production equipment
Main plant	2022	2022	BF, BOF	2 BOF (1x150-tonne, 1x250-tonne)
Expansion	–	–	EAF	1 EAF
Closure	–	–	BF	–

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.

Phase	Capacity operating status*	Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity	Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
Main plant	operating	10000 TTPA	–	10000 TTPA
Expansion	announced	–	1500 TTPA	1500 TTPA
Closure	operating pre-retirement	–	–	–

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.

Phase	Capacity operating status*	Blast furnace capacity	Nominal iron capacity (total)
Main plant	operating	8920 TTPA	8920 TTPA
Expansion	announced	–	–
Closure	operating pre-retirement	2100 TTPA	2100 TTPA

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

Phase	Sinter	Coke
Main plant	>0 TTPA	>0 TTPA
Expansion	–	–
Closure	–	–

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

Year	BOF Production	Total (all routes)
2020	–	–
2021	–	–
2022	8803 TTPA	8803 TTPA

Blast Furnace Details

Table 8: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Announced date	Construction date	Start date	Retired date	Furnace manufacturer and model	Current size	Current capacity (ttpa)	Decarbonization technology	Most recent relining
1	operating pre-retirement	unknown	unknown	1977	2030	Paul Wurth (parts)	2434 m³	2100	unknown	2015-06
2	operating	unknown	unknown	1982	–	Primetals Technologies (parts); Paul Wurth (parts)	3276 m³	2920	unknown	2021
3	operating	unknown	unknown	1988	–	Paul Wurth (parts)	3400 m³	3000	unknown	2018-12
4	operating	unknown	unknown	1996	–	Primetals Technologies; Yokogawa Taiwan	3400 m³	3000	unknown	2014-02

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