Hebei Tangyin Iron and Steel Co Ltd Caofeidian base

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Hebei Tangyin Iron and Steel Co Ltd Caofeidian base (河北唐银钢铁有限公司(曹妃甸)) is a steel plant in Tangshan, Hebei, China that operates blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) technology.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Tangshan, Hebei, China:

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• Location: Caofeidian Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Park, Tangshan City, Hebei Province
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 39.160401, 118.429806 (exact)

Background

The company released a capacity replacement plan for its urban relocation project in 2019, which included the construction of two 1,500 m³ BF and two 100-ton BOF. These facilities were gradually commissioned at the end of 2022 and early 2023.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date	Workforce size
2006	3840

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	HBIS Group Co Ltd [51.0%]; Hebei Yinshui Industrial Group Co Ltd [49.0%]	5000022648 [51.0%]; unknown [49.0%]	E100000124529 [51.0%]; E100000124065 [49.0%]	Hebei Tangyin IRON&STEEL Co Ltd [100%]	unknown	E100000123222 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category	Steel products	ISO 14001	ISO 50001	Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled	structural, wire rod, strip, bar, billet, hot rolled	2023-05-18	2023-05-18	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	2300	2300

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	2660	2660

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

Ferronickel	Sinter	Coke	Pellets
NF	5300	NF	1200

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

Year	BOF production	Other/unknown steel production
2019	unknown	unknown
2020	unknown	unknown
2021	unknown	unknown
2022	unknown	unknown
2023	–	unknown

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

Year	BF production	Other/unknown iron production
2019	unknown	unknown
2020	unknown	unknown
2021	unknown	unknown
2022	unknown	unknown
2023	–	unknown

Unit Details

Table 9: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Announced date	Construction date	Start date	Current size	Current capacity (ttpa)	Decarbonization technology
BF 1	operating	2019-01	2021-04	2023	1500.0 m3	1330	HBIS signed an agreement with BHP in 2023 for a small trial CCUS technologies in its Hebei steelmaking. It's unclear if this furnace will be directly affected.
BF 2	operating	2019	–	2022	1500.0 m3	1330	HBIS signed an agreement with BHP in 2023 for a small trial CCUS technologies in its Hebei steelmaking. It's unclear if this furnace will be directly affected.

Table 10: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Announced date	Construction date	Start date	Current capacity (ttpa)	Current size
unknown BOF (1)	operating	2019	–	2022	1150	100.0 tonnes
unknown BOF (2)	operating	2019-01	2021-04	2023	1150	100.0 tonnes

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Resources

• Company website
• IPE page
• Baidu Baike page