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Guangxi Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd Fangchenggang Iron & Steel Base

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BF–BOF Integrated route · Fangchenggang, Asia Pacific, China

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Guangxi Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd Fangchenggang Iron & Steel Base 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 8.4 million tonnes per year. Its main products are coil, sheet, coated.

Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Operating since 2020

Emissions

2025

10.3 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

8,400

BOF

8,400

Blast Furnace

8,880

Sinter

10,730

Coking

3,500

Iron Units

BF
BF 1#operating
3,040 ttpa3800 m³wiki
BF
BF 2#operating
3,040 ttpa3800 m³wiki
BF
BF #3operating
2,800 ttpa3000 m³wiki

Steel Units

BOF
#1 BOFoperating
2,100 ttpawiki
BOF
#2 BOFoperating
2,100 ttpawiki
BOF
#3 BOFoperating
2,100 ttpawiki
BOF
#4 BOFoperating
2,100 ttpawiki

Steel Products

coil, sheet, coated

Ownership

Owner Guangxi Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd

Parent Liuzhou IRON&STEEL Co Ltd [45.8%]; Guangxi Liuzhou Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd [45.6%]; China Baowu Steel Group Co Ltd [8.6%]

Workforce 5,943 employees

State ownership Partial

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.