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Baotou Daan Iron and Steel Co Ltd Hondlon District

retired

BF–BOF Integrated route · Bu'er Hantu, Asia Pacific, China

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Baotou Daan Iron and Steel Co Ltd Hondlon District makes steel by the integrated route: iron ore is smelted into liquid hot metal in a blast furnace, then refined into crude steel in a basic oxygen furnace. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of about 1.1 million tonnes per year. Its main products are rebar, wire.

Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Operating2002
Retirement announced2022
Idled2023
Retired2024

Emissions

2024

0.92 Mt CO₂e

1.45 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

1,100

BOF

1,100

Blast Furnace

1,790

Iron Units

BF
unknown BF (1)retired
550 ttpa450 m³ · relined 2020wiki
BF
unknown BF (2)retired
620 ttpa530 m³ · relined 2020wiki
BF
unknown BF (3)retired
620 ttpa530 m³wiki

Steel Units

BOF
unknown BOF (1)retired
550 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (2)retired
550 ttpawiki

Steel Products

rebar, wire

Ownership

Owner Baotou DA AN IRON&STEEL Co Ltd

Parent Baotou DA AN IRON&STEEL Co Ltd [100.0%]

Workforce 3,317 employees

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.