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China Steel Xiaogang steel plant

operating

Kaohsiung, Asia Pacific, Taiwan

GEM wiki

Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Operating since 1971

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

10,000

BOF

10,000

Blast Furnace

8,920

Production

Crude steel production: 8,803 ttpa (2022)

Iron Units

BF
BF 1operating pre-retirement
2,100 ttpa2434 m³ · relined 2015Paul Wurth (parts)wiki
BF
BF 2operating
2,920 ttpa3276 m³ · relined 2021Primetals Technologies (parts); Paul Wurth (parts)wiki
BF
BF 3operating
3,000 ttpa3400 m³ · relined 2018Paul Wurth (parts)wiki
BF
BF 4operating
3,000 ttpa3400 m³ · relined 2014Primetals Technologies; Yokogawa Taiwanwiki

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)announced
1,500 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (1)operating
3,750 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (2)operating
6,250 ttpawiki

Steel Products

plate, bars, wire rod, hot rolled coil, cold rolled, coil

Ownership

Owner China Steel Corp

Parent China Steel Corp [100.0%]

Workforce 17,434 employees

State ownership Partial

Country Context

Taiwan 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).