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Hebei Xin Wuan Steel Group Wenan Iron and Steel Co Ltd

operating pre-retirement

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

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Hebei Xin Wuan Steel Group Wenan 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 1.4 million tonnes per year. Its main products are wire rod, round bar, strip, hot rolled.

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Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Operating2003
Retirement announced2021

Emissions

2023

1.22 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

1,400

BOF

1,400

Blast Furnace

910

Iron Units

BF
BF 1operating pre-retirement
910 ttpa1080 m³wiki
BF
BF 4retired
570 ttpa510 m³wiki
BF
BF 5retired
570 ttpa510 m³wiki
BF
unknown BF (1)retired
500 ttpa420 m³wiki

Steel Units

BOF
BOF 3operating pre-retirement
700 ttpawiki
BOF
BOF 4operating pre-retirement
700 ttpawiki

Steel Products

wire rod, round bar, strip, hot rolled

Ownership

Owner Hebei New Wuan Steel Group Wenan IRON&STEEL Co Ltd

Parent natural person(s) [49.0%]; Hebei Puyang Industrial Group Co Ltd [33.2%]; Longxiang Group (Hong Kong) [17.8%]

Workforce 1,596 employees

Country Context

China crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.

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Other natural person(s); Hebei Puyang Industrial Group Co Ltd; Longxiang Group (Hong Kong) plants

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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.