Baowu Group Echeng Iron and Steel Co Ltd
operatingBF–BOF Integrated route · Ezhou, Asia Pacific, China
Baowu Group Echeng Iron and Steel Co Ltd 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 5.0 million tonnes per year. Its main products are structural, spring steel, wire rod, rod, billet.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1958
Emissions
2025
5.89 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
4,971
BOF
4,971
Blast Furnace
4,263
Production
Crude steel production: 5,155 ttpa (2019)
Iron Units
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Power 10.38 MW Photovoltaic power generation on rooftops and water surfaces
Steel Products
structural, spring steel, wire rod, rod, billet
Ownership
Owner Baowu Group Echeng Iron & Steel Co Ltd
Parent China Baowu Steel Group Co Ltd [75.0%]; Guangdong Guangwu Holding Group Co Ltd [25.0%]
Workforce 5,388 employees
State ownership Partial
Country Context
China crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Ezhou
Asia Pacific
China
30.3957°, 114.8613°
At a Glance
- Route
- BF–BOF Integrated
- Crude steel capacity
- 4,971 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1958
- Products
- Finished rolled
- Certifications
- 2 recorded