Hai Kwang Enterprise Corporation

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Hai Kwang Enterprise Corporation (海光企業股份有限公司) is a steel plant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

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• Location: 12, Yanhai 2nd Rd., Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 22.550634, 120.365645 (exact)

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date	Workforce size
1969	350

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company	Parent company PermID	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner company GEM ID
Hai Kwang Enterprise Corp	4295891763	E100001012160	Hai Kwang Enterprise Corp	4295891763	E100001012160

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category	Steel products	Steel sector end users	ISO 14001	ISO 50001	Main production equipment
finished rolled	bars	building and infrastructure	no	no	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	600	600

Table 5: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

Ferronickel	Sinter	Coke	Pellets
NF	NF	NF	NF

Table 6: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year	EAF production	Other/unknown steel production
2019	unknown	unknown
2020	unknown	unknown
2021	unknown	unknown
2022	unknown	unknown

Unit Details

Table 7: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Start date	Furnace manufacturer and model	Current capacity (ttpa)	Current size (tonnes)
unknown EAF (1)	operating	1974	–	300	50.0
unknown EAF (2)	operating	1989	DANIELI	300	50.0

Table 8: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name	Scrap-based	% scrap	% DRI	% HBI	% sponge iron (unknown if DRI or HBI)	% basic/merchant pig iron	% granulated pig iron	% pig iron (unknown if basic/merchant or granulated	% other iron
unknown EAF (1)	yes	>0	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown
unknown EAF (2)	yes	>0	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown

Articles and Resources

Additional data

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Resources

• Company website