Hai Kwang Enterprise Kaohsiung is a scrap-based steel plant: an electric arc furnace melts recycled steel scrap into new crude steel. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of 600 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are bars, steel billets.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1969
Emissions
2025
0.13 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
600
EAF
600
Steel Units
Steel Products
bars, steel billets
Ownership
Owner Hai Kwang Enterprise Corp
Parent Hai Kwang Enterprise Corp [100.0%]
Workforce 350 employees
Country Context
Taiwan crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Kaohsiung
Asia Pacific
Taiwan
22.5506°, 120.3656°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 600 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1969
- Products
- Finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded