Formosa Ha Tinh Steel plant

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Formosa Ha Tinh Steel plant (台塑河靜鋼鐵興業責任有限公司 (Chinese), Công ty TNHH Gang thép Hưng Nghiệp Formosa Hà Tĩnh (Vietnamese), Formosa Vũng Áng (Vietnamese)), also known as Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation, FHS, Hung Nghiep Formosa steel plant, is a blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) steel plant operating in Ky Anh Town, Ha Tinh, Vietnam.

Location

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• Location: Vung Ang Economic Zone, Ky Long Ward, Ky Anh Town, Ha Tinh Province, Vietnam
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 18.036333, 106.428271 (exact)

Background

Formosa Ha Tinh Steel plant was established in 2008. The plant currently operates two 4,350 m³ blast furnaces and three 300 tonne basic oxygen furnaces.

In 2019, the company announced two expansion plans. Formosa Ha Tinh plans to invest in the construction of Blast Furnace No. 3 in the period 2021-2025 (including related auxiliary works systems), thereby increasing the total capacity to 10.4 mtpa. The company further plans to increase capacity to about 14.8 mtpa in the period 2026-2035 by constructing Blast Furnace No. 4 and auxiliary systems.

In 2016, Formosa Ha Tinh Steel discharged toxic industrial waste illegally into the ocean through drainage pipes, causing deaths of 115 tons of fish long side the coast. Formosa Ha Tinh Steel took full responsibility for the fish deaths in June 2016.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Phase	Plant status	Announced date	Construction date	Start date	Workforce size	Power source	Iron ore source	Coal source
Main plant	Operating	2008-04	2008-07-06	2008	6897	650 MW coal-fired power plant	Vietnam; Brazil; Australia; Ukraine; Rusia	Australia; Canada; Russia
Expansion	Announced	2019	–	2025	–	–	–	–
Expansion	Announced	2019	–	2035	–	–	–	–

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	Formosa Plastics Corp [70.0%]; China Steel Corp [25.0%]; JFE Holdings Inc [5.0%]	4295892087 [70%]; 4295892116 [25%]; unknown [5%]	E100001010146 [25%]; E100001010778 [7.6%]; E100001000178 [0.7%]; E100001010779 [0.3%]; E100001000179 [0.3%]	Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corp	5000952254	E100000003270

Table 3: Process and Products

Phase	Steel product category	Steel products	ISO 14001	Main production equipment	Detailed production equipment
Main plant	semi-finished; finished rolled	hot-rolled coil, wire rod, slab, bloom, billet, bar	yes	BF, BOF	coking plant (4 batteries; #1 began in 2015; #3 and #4 began in 2018); 2 sinter plants; 3 BOF (3x300-tonne)
Expansion	semi-finished; finished rolled	hot-rolled coil, wire rod, slab, bloom, billet, bar	–	BF, BOF	1 BF; 1 BOF
Expansion	semi-finished; finished rolled	hot-rolled coil, wire rod, slab, bloom, billet, bar	–	BF, BOF	1 BF; 1 BOF

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	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
Main plant	operating	7500 TTPA	7500 TTPA
Expansion	announced	7000 TTPA	7000 TTPA
Expansion	announced	7000 TTPA	7000 TTPA

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	7500 TTPA	7500 TTPA
Expansion	announced	5000 TTPA	5000 TTPA
Expansion	announced	5000 TTPA	5000 TTPA

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

Phase	Sinter	Coke
Main plant	10000 TTPA	3000 TTPA
Expansion	–	–
Expansion	–	–

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

Year	BOF Production	Total (all routes)
2020	6000 TTPA	6000 TTPA
2021	6500 TTPA	6500 TTPA
2022	6400 TTPA	6400 TTPA

Blast Furnace Details

Table 8: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Announced date	Construction date	Start date	Furnace manufacturer and model	Current size	Current capacity (ttpa)	Decarbonization technology	Most recent relining
1	operating	unknown	2012-12-02 00:00:00	2017-05-29	CISDI CISDI-design blast furnace	4350 m³	3750	unknown	unknown
2	operating	unknown	2013	2018-05-18	CISDI CISDI-design blast furnace	4350 m³	3750	unknown	unknown
3	announced	2019	unknown	2025	–	–	5000	unknown	unknown
4	announced	2019	unknown	2035	–	–	5000	unknown	unknown

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