Hebei Xin Wu'an Steel Group Wen'an Iron and Steel Co Ltd

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Hebei Xin Wu'an Steel Group Wen'an Iron and Steel Co Ltd (河北新武安钢铁集团文安钢铁有限公司), also known as Wu'an Wen'an Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., is a blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) steel plant operating pre-retirement in Handan, Hebei, China.

Location

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Location: Nanhuan Road, Wu'an City, Handan City, Hebei Province
Coordinates (WGS 84): 36.679431, 114.169024 (exact)

Background

The company plans to retreat from the city to Wu'an Industrial Park at the end of 2023, eliminate existing equipment, and build a 1430m3 blast furnace and a 120-ton Basic Oxygen Furnace.^[1]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details


Plant status	Start date	Pre-retirement announcement date	Retired date	Workforce size
Operating pre-retirement^[2]	2003^[3]	2021-12-23^[2]	2023^[2]	2158^[4]
Operating pre-retirement^[2]	2003^[3]	2021-12-23^[2]	2023^[2]	2158^[4]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information


Parent company	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company GEM ID
persons [49.0%]; Hebei Puyang Industrial Group Co Ltd [33.2%]; Longxiang Group (Hong Kong) [17.8%]	E100000123261 [82.2%]; E100000126000 [17.8%]	Hebei Xin Wu'an Steel Group Wen'an Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.^[5]	E100000127093

Table 3: Process and Products


Steel product category	Steel products	ISO 14001	ISO 50001	Main production equipment	Detailed production equipment
finished rolled^[6]	hot-rolled steel strip, hot-rolled round bar, hot-rolled round wire rod^[6]	Yes^[3]	Yes^[3]	BF, BOF^[7]	2 BOF (2x50-tonne)^[8]
finished rolled^[6]	hot-rolled steel strip, hot-rolled round bar, hot-rolled round wire rod^[6]	Yes^[3]	Yes^[3]	BF, BOF^[7]	2 BOF (2x50-tonne)^[8]

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.
Capacity operating status*	Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating pre-retirement	2200 TTPA^[9]^[9]	2200 TTPA^[9]^[9]
retired	–^[9]^[9]	–^[9]^[9]

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.
Capacity operating status*	Blast furnace capacity	Nominal iron capacity (total)
operating pre-retirement	2050 TTPA^[2]^[2]^[2]^[10]	2050 TTPA^[2]^[2]^[2]^[10]
retired	500 TTPA^[2]^[2]^[2]^[10]	500 TTPA^[2]^[2]^[2]^[10]

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


Year	BOF Production	Total (all routes)
2020	13571 TTPA^[11]	13571 TTPA^[11]
2021	1974 TTPA^[11]	1974 TTPA^[11]
2022	–	–

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


Year	BF Production	Total (all routes)
2020	1547 TTPA^[11]	1547 TTPA^[11]
2021	1812 TTPA^[11]	1812 TTPA^[11]
2022	–	–

Blast Furnace Details

Table 8: Blast Furnace Details


Unit name	Status	Announced date	Construction date	Start date	Retired date	Current size	Current capacity (ttpa)	Decarbonization technology	Most recent relining
1	operating pre-retirement^[2]	unknown	unknown	unknown	2023-10^[2]	1080 m³^[12]	910^[2]	unknown	unknown
4	operating pre-retirement^[2]	unknown	unknown	unknown	2023-10^[2]	510 m³^[12]	570^[2]	unknown	unknown
5	operating pre-retirement^[2]	unknown	unknown	unknown	2023-10^[2]	510 m³^[12]	570^[2]	unknown	unknown
unknown	retired^[13]	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	420 m³^[12]	500^[10]	unknown	unknown

Articles and Resources

Additional data

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References

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