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WISCO Group Kunming Steel Co Ltd Honghe Iron and Steel Company

retired

Yuguopu, Asia Pacific, China

GEM wiki

Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Operating2004
Retired2022

Emissions

2024

0.8 Mt CO₂e

1.90 t CO₂e per tonne of steel

Typical BF-BOF route: 1.8–2.0 t/t

Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

1,422

BOF

1,422

Blast Furnace

3,300

Sinter

3,200

Iron Units

BF
BF 1retired
1,040 ttpa1080 m³wiki
BF
BF 2retired
1,040 ttpa1080 m³ · relined 2014wiki
BF
BF 3retired
1,220 ttpa1350 m³ · relined 2015wiki

Steel Units

BOF
BOF 1retired
474 ttpawiki
BOF
BOF 2retired
474 ttpawiki
BOF
BOF 3retired
474 ttpawiki

Steel Products

sheet, strip, coated, pipe, bar, hot rolled, wire, profile

Ownership

Owner Honghe Iron and Steel Co Ltd

Parent China Baowu Steel Group Co Ltd [48.4%]; Kunming Iron & Steel Holding Co Ltd [40.3%]; unknown [4.2%]

Workforce 1,859 employees

State ownership Partial

Country Context

China crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.

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Plant data sourced from the Global Iron & Steel Tracker (March 2026), Global Energy Monitor. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Production data: USGS Minerals Yearbook — Raw Steel: World Production by Country or Locality (2019 edition; 2022 and 2023 early release tables). U.S. Geological Survey, public domain. EAF/BOF splits: USGS Minerals Yearbook (2023 estimates).

Facility emissions estimates from Climate TRACE. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.