Shanxi Liheng 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 7.0 million tonnes per year. Its main products are galvanized, h-beam, strip, pipe, coil, i-beam, angle, wire.
Process Route
BFBOF
Timeline
Operating2002
Retired2020
Capacity (ttpa)
Crude Steel
7,000
BOF
7,000
Blast Furnace
3,500
Coking
3,700
Iron Units
Steel Units
Steel Products
galvanized, h-beam, strip, pipe, coil, i-beam, angle, wire
Ownership
Owner Shanxi Liheng Iron and Steel Co Ltd
Parent Shanxi Liheng Iron and Steel Co Ltd [100.0%]
Country Context
China crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Gaoxian
Asia Pacific
China
35.7015°, 111.4267°
At a Glance
- Route
- BF–BOF Integrated
- Crude steel capacity
- 7,000 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 2002
- Products
- Finished rolled