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Guangdong Zhongnan Iron & Steel Co Ltd

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SGIS Songshan Co Ltd · BF–BOF Integrated route · Shaoguan, Asia Pacific, China

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Guangdong Zhongnan Iron & 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. Alongside the ore-based route, the plant runs an electric arc furnace that melts scrap and other metallics. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of about 8.7 million tonnes per year.

Process Route

BFBOFEAF

Timeline

Operating since 1997

Emissions

2025

12.7 Mt CO₂e

1.79 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

8,698

EAF

700

BOF

7,998

Blast Furnace

6,500

Production

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

Iron Units

BF
BF 6operating
1,880 ttpa1080 m³wiki
BF
BF 7operating
1,870 ttpa2200 m³ · relined 2022wiki
BF
BF 8operating
2,750 ttpa3200 m³ · relined 2021wiki

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)operating
700 ttpa90 twiki
BOF
BOF 5operating
1,677 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (1)operating
1,548 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (2)operating
1,548 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (3)operating
1,548 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (4)operating
1,677 ttpawiki

Inputs & Energy

Power Photovoltaic Power Generation has successfully achieved grid connection and is generating electricity at full capacity

Steel Products

rod, wire, plate

Ownership

Owner SGIS Songshan Co Ltd

Parent SGIS Songshan Co Ltd [100.0%]

Workforce 5,155 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.