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Shanxi Meijin Iron and Steel Co Ltd Yuanping City

announced

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

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Shanxi Meijin Iron and Steel Co Ltd Yuanping City 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 3.1 million tonnes per year. Its main products are rod, coil, wire rod.

Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Announced 2021

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

3,090

BOF

3,090

Blast Furnace

3,518

Pelletising

1,200

Iron Units

BF
unknown BF (1)announced
1,759 ttpa2050 m³wiki
BF
unknown BF (2)announced
1,759 ttpa2050 m³wiki

Steel Units

BOF
unknown BOF (1)announced
1,545 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (2)announced
1,545 ttpawiki

Steel Products

rod, coil, wire rod

Ownership

Owner Shanxi Meijin Iron and Steel Co Ltd

Parent Meijin Energy Group Co Ltd [50.0%]; China New Energy Group Ltd [48.0%]; unknown [2.0%]

Country Context

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

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Nearby Plants

Other Meijin Energy Group Co Ltd; China New Energy Group Ltd; unknown 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).