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Dragon Steel Taichung steel plant

operating

Longjing, Asia Pacific, Taiwan

ISO 14001ISO 50001
GEM wiki

Process Route

BFBOFEAF

Timeline

Operating since 1993

Emissions

2025

7.59 Mt CO₂e

1.61 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

6,081

EAF

1,080

BOF

5,001

Blast Furnace

5,000

Sinter

6,200

Coking

2,118

Production

Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.

Iron Units

BF
BF 1operating
2,500 ttpa3274 m³ · relined 2025Siemens-VAI; Primetals Technologieswiki
BF
BF 2operating
2,500 ttpa3274 m³Siemens-VAI; Primetals Technologieswiki

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)operating
1,080 ttpa150 twiki
BOF
unknown BOF (1)operating
1,667 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (2)operating
1,667 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (3)operating
1,667 ttpawiki

Steel Products

structural, plate, billet, coil, h-beam

Ownership

Owner Dragon Steel Corp

Parent China Steel Corp [100.0%]

Workforce 3,224 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).

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