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Inner Mongolia Baotou Jiyu Iron and Steel Co Ltd Hondlon District

retired

BF–BOF Integrated route · Haye Naobao, Asia Pacific, China

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Inner Mongolia Baotou Jiyu Iron and Steel Co Ltd Hondlon District 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 900 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are pipe.

Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Operating2002
Retirement announced2021
Idled2024
Retired2024

Emissions

2024

1.21 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

900

BOF

900

Blast Furnace

750

Iron Units

BF
unknown BF (1)retired
750 ttpa1080 m³wiki

Steel Units

BOF
unknown BOF (1)retired
450 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (2)retired
450 ttpawiki

Steel Products

pipe

Ownership

Owner Baotou Jiyu Steel Co Ltd

Parent natural person(s) [51.0%]; Inner Mongolia Jiyu Holding (Group) Co Ltd [49.0%]

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.