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Yieh United Steel Kaohsiung plant

operating

Gangshan, Asia Pacific, Taiwan

ISO 14001ISO 50001
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Process Route

EAF

Timeline

Operating since 1988

Emissions

2025

0.19 Mt CO₂e

0.27 t CO₂e per tonne of steel

Typical EAF route: 0.5–0.7 t/t

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

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

1,000

EAF

1,000

Production

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

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)operating
500 ttpawiki
EAF
unknown EAF (2)operating
500 ttpawiki

Steel Products

coil, hot rolled

Ownership

Owner Yieh United Steel Corp

Parent Yieh United Steel Corp [100.0%]

Workforce 3,352 employees

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.