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Tianjin Rongcheng Group Tangshan Special Steel Co Ltd

retired

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

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Tianjin Rongcheng Group Tangshan Special 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 1.1 million tonnes per year. Its main products are billet.

Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Operating1999
Retirement announced2020
Idled2020
Retired2020

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

1,150

BOF

1,150

Blast Furnace

1,040

Iron Units

BF
unknown BF (1)retired
1,040 ttpa1080 m³wiki

Steel Units

BOF
unknown BOF (1)retired
1,150 ttpawiki

Steel Products

billet

Ownership

Owner Tianjin Rongcheng Group Tangshan Special Steel Co Ltd

Parent Tianjin Rongcheng Group Tangshan Special Steel Co Ltd [100.0%]

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).