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:

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  • 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)

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 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

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References

  1. "事業污染源裁處資料". GreenToGo. 2021-01-29.
  2. 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. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20220120220131/https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.yieh_united_steel_corporation.19b5298d581ade1c2273b1ac84f5230c.html. Archived from the original on 2022-01-20. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20210513151258/http://www.yusco.com.tw/GoToYU.aspx?Page. Archived from the original on 2021-05-13. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 https://www.yiehphui.com.tw/content.php?id=AR201211300014&lang=EN. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. http://www.yusco.com.tw/Images/CertificatesUse/HighPx/20221125160341.jpg. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. http://www.yusco.com.tw/Images/CertificatesUse/HighPx/20231121121105.jpg. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240111043611/http://www.yusco.com.tw/Images/DM/Page/Book50/Book50.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-01-11. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240717152337/http://www.yusco.com.tw/userupload/picfiles/111%25E5%25B9%25B4%25E5%25B9%25B4%25E5%25A0%25B1-%25E4%25B8%258A%25E5%2582%25B3%25E6%25AA%2594(FM%25E6%25B4%25B8%25E7%2591%258B).pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-07-17. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 (PDF) http://www.yusco.com.tw/userupload/picfiles/112%E5%B9%B4%E5%B9%B4%E5%A0%B1-%E4%B8%8A%E5%82%B3%E6%AA%94(FM%E6%B4%B8%E7%91%8B).pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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