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Tonghua Iron and Steel Co Ltd

operating

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

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Tonghua Iron and 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 4.6 million tonnes per year. Its main products are pipe, profile, plate.

Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Operating since 2006

Emissions

2025

7.38 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

4,590

BOF

4,590

Blast Furnace

4,480

Sinter

7,700

Coking

2,127

Pelletising

1,600

Production

Crude steel production: 4,165 ttpa (2020)

Iron Units

BF
BF 2operating
2,240 ttpa2680 m³ · relined 2024wiki
BF
BF 7operating
2,240 ttpa2680 m³wiki

Steel Units

BOF
unknown BOF (1)operating
1,530 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (2)operating
1,530 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (3)operating
1,530 ttpawiki

Inputs & Energy

Power Combined Cycle Power Plant (CCPP)

Steel Products

pipe, profile, plate

Ownership

Owner Tonghua Iron & Steel Co Ltd

Parent Beijing State-owned Capital Management Center [56.2%]; unknown [16.9%]; Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd [8.3%]; China Construction Bank Corp [8.1%]; Bank of China Ltd [6.5%]; BANK of Jilin Co Ltd [0.9%]; Hana Bank Co Ltd [0.9%]; Changchun Financial Holding Group Co Ltd [0.6%]; Jilin Financial Holding Group Co Ltd [0.6%]; Jilin YATAI (GROUP) Co Ltd [0.5%]; Jilin PROVINCE Inestment Group Co Ltd [0.3%]; Changchun City Development Investment Holding (Group) Co Ltd [0.1%]

Workforce 10,973 employees

State ownership Partial

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.