Feng Hsin Steel Taichung plant

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Feng Hsin Steel Taichung plant (豐興鋼鐵股份有限公司), also known as Fung Hing Steel Co., Ltd., Feng Hsin Iron & Steel, is a steel plant in Houli, Taichung, Taiwan that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

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  • Location: No.998, Sec.1, Jiahou Rd., Houli Dist., Taichung City 421, Taiwan
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 24.31287, 120.712774 (exact)

Background

The company was fined for environmental pollution in 2019.[1]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Workforce size
1971[2] 894[3]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Feng Hsin Steel Co Ltd 4295891323 E100000131173 Feng Hsin Steel Co Ltd[4] 4295891323 E100000131173

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled[2] rebar, bar, billet, round bar, angle[5][2] 2021-01-15[6][7][8][9] EAF

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 Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 1701[9] 1701[9]

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

Year EAF production Other/unknown steel production Total (all routes)
2019 1503[8] [8] 1503[8]
2020 1638[8] unknown[8] 1638[8]
2021 1818[8] unknown[8] 1818[8]
2022 1644[8] unknown[8] 1644[8]
2023 1623[8] unknown[8] 1623[8]

Unit Details

Table 6: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Current capacity (ttpa)
EAF 1A operating[2] 1971[10] 567[9]
EAF 1B operating[2] 1979[10] 567[9]
EAF 2 operating[2] 1996[10] 567[9]

Table 7: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name Scrap-based % scrap % pig iron (unknown if basic/merchant or granulated
EAF 1A yes[11] 100.00[11]
EAF 1B yes[11] 100.00[11]
EAF 2 yes[11] 100[8][11] unknown

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References

  1. "事業污染源裁處資料". GreenToGo 綠色光譜廢棄物媒合資訊平台. 2019.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20200218001723/http://www.fenghsin.com.tw:80/e_profile.htm. Archived from the original on 2020-02-18. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20220120220039/https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.feng_hsin_steel_co_ltd.7298b2328febaf5bb29b6f0e43f7bbe7.html. Archived from the original on 2022-01-20. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20180425100116/http://www.fenghsin.com.tw:80/e_csr.htm. Archived from the original on 25 April 2018. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20170629100638/http://www.fenghsin.com.tw:80/e_product.htm. Archived from the original on 2017-06-29. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. http://www.fenghsin.com.tw/e_organization.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://www.fenghsin.com.tw/e_environmental.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16 (PDF) https://www.fenghsin.com.tw/Stocks/csr/csrReport_112.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240927181545/https://www.fenghsin.com.tw/Stocks/csr/csrReport_111.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20200218001723/https://www.fenghsin.com.tw/e_profile.htm. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20240809192121/https://www.fenghsin.com.tw/processing.html. Archived from the original on 2024-08-09. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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