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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.

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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Nearby Plants

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.