WISCO Group Kunming Steel Co Ltd New District Branch

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WISCO Group Kunming Steel Co Ltd New District Branch (武钢集团昆明钢铁股份有限公司新区分公司) is a steel plant in Caopu, Aning, Kunming, Yunnan, China that operates blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) technology.

Location

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  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 24.953261, 102.378082 (exact)

Background

WISCO Group Kunming Steel Co., Ltd. relocated the steel production capacity of Anning Headquarters to Caopu Kungang New Area of ​​Anning Industrial Park, built one 2500m³ blast furnace, two 120-tonne basic oxygen furnaces (BOF). It was put into production by the end of February 2022.[1][2]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Workforce size
2012-04-23[3] 2228[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
WISCO Group Kunming Steel Co Ltd [100.0%] unknown [100.0%] E100001012225 [100.0%] WISCO Group Kunming Steel Co Ltd [100%][4] unknown E100001012225 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Responsible steel Main production equipment
finished rolled[5] sheet, strip, coated, pipe, bar, hot rolled, wire, profile[5] unknown[6] unknown[6] unknown 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)
announced 3200[7] 3200[7]
operating pre-retirement 2800[8][9] 2800[8][9]

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 2130[8] 2130[8]

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

Ferronickel Sinter Coke Pellets
NF NF NF NF

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

Year BOF production Other/unknown steel production Total (all routes)
2019 unknown unknown
2020 6482[10][11] [10][11] 6482[10][11]
2021 unknown unknown
2022 unknown unknown
2023 unknown unknown

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

Year BF production Other/unknown iron production Total (all routes)
2019 unknown unknown
2020 6181[10][11] [10][11] 6181[10][11]
2021 unknown unknown
2022 unknown unknown
2023 unknown unknown

Unit Details

Table 9: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name Status Announced date Start date Current size Current capacity (ttpa) Decarbonization technology Most recent relining
unknown BF (1) operating[12] 2022-01-29[8] 2022[12] 2500.0 m3[9] 2130[8] unknown 2023-09-19[13]

Table 10: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details

Unit name Status Announced date Start date Current capacity (ttpa) Current size
BOF 1 operating pre-retirement[7] 2022-01-29[8] 2022[14] 1400[9][8] 120.0 tonnes[15]
BOF 2 operating pre-retirement[7] 2022-01-29[8] 2022[14] 1400[9][8] 120.0 tonnes[15]
unknown BOF (1) announced[7] 2023-12-30[7] 1600[7] 150.0 tonnes[7]
unknown BOF (2) announced[7] 2023-12-30[7] 1600[7] 150.0 tonnes[7]

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