Yieh United Steel Kaohsiung plant
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Yieh United Steel Kaohsiung plant (燁聯鋼鐵股份有限公司), also known as YUSCO, Yusco United, Yuch United, Yisco United, is a steel plant in Gangshan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Gangshan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan:
- Location: No. 600, Xinglong Street, Gangshan District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan 820
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 22.830857, 120.300604 (exact)
Background
The company was fined for environmental pollution in 2021.[1]
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
Start date | Workforce size |
---|---|
1988-12[2] | 3352[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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yieh United Steel Corp | 4295892544 | E100000131174 | Yieh United Steel Corp[2] | 4295892544 | E100000131174 |
Table 3: Process and Products
Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | ISO 14001 | ISO 50001 | Main production equipment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
finished rolled[2] | coil, hot rolled[2] | automotive, building and infrastructure, tools and machinery[4] | 2022-11-27[5][6] | 2024-01-17[7][5] | EAF |
Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
Capacity operating status1 | Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
---|---|---|
operating | 1000[8] | 1000[8] |
Table 5: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
Year | EAF production | Total (all routes) |
---|---|---|
2022 | 371[9] | 371[9] |
2023 | 323[10] | 323[10] |
Table 6: Actual Plant-level Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
Year | BF production | Total (all routes) |
---|---|---|
2021 | 146[9] | 146[9] |
2022 | 156[9] | 156[9] |
2023 | 158[10] | 158[10] |
Unit Details
Table 7: Electric Arc Furnace Details
Unit name | Status | Start date | Current capacity (ttpa) |
---|---|---|---|
unknown EAF (1) | operating[8] | 1995[8] | 500[8] |
unknown EAF (2) | operating[8] | 1996[8] | 500[8] |
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) | None | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown |
unknown EAF (2) | None | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown |
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ "事業污染源裁處資料". GreenToGo. 2021-01-29.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125063209/https://www.yieh.com/en/affiliate-companies. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25.
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