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Hubei Wucheng Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd

retired

EAF route · Ezhou, Asia Pacific, China

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Hubei Wucheng Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd 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 about 1.1 million tonnes per year. Its main products are billet, rebar, hot rolled.

Process Route

EAF

Timeline

Operating1997
Retirement announced2022
Retired2023

Emissions

2023

0.15 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

1,100

EAF

1,100

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)retired
275 ttpa45 twiki
EAF
unknown EAF (2)retired
275 ttpa45 twiki
EAF
unknown EAF (3)retired
275 ttpa45 twiki
EAF
unknown EAF (4)retired
275 ttpa45 twiki

Steel Products

billet, rebar, hot rolled

Ownership

Owner Hubei Wucheng Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd

Parent WEALTH GROUP INVESTMENT LIMITED [95.0%]; unknown [5.0%]

Workforce 380 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.