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WISCO Group Kunming Steel Co Ltd Yuxi Xinxing Steel Company

mothballed

Yanhe, Asia Pacific, China

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Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Operating2004
Idled2023

Emissions

2023

1.51 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

948

BOF

948

Blast Furnace

3,120

Iron Units

BF
BF #2mothballed
1,040 ttpa1080 m³wiki
BF
BF #3mothballed
1,040 ttpa1080 m³wiki
BF
unknown BF (1)mothballed
1,040 ttpa1080 m³wiki

Steel Units

BOF
BOF 2mothballed
474 ttpawiki
BOF
BOF 3mothballed
474 ttpawiki

Steel Products

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

Ownership

Owner Yuxi Xinxing Iron & Steel Co Ltd

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

Workforce 2,019 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.