Weifang Special Steel Group Co Ltd
operating pre-retirementBF–BOF Integrated route · Asia Pacific, China
Weifang Special Steel Group 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 3.0 million tonnes per year. Its main products are wire, bar.
Process Route
Timeline
Emissions
2025
4.86 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
3,000
BOF
3,000
Blast Furnace
2,350
Production
Crude steel production: 2,668 ttpa (2019)
Iron Units
Steel Units
Steel Products
wire, bar
Ownership
Owner Weifang SPECIAL Steel Group Co Ltd
Parent Weiao (Shandong) Investment Co Ltd [100.0%]
Workforce 6,089 employees
Country Context
China crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Shandong Longsheng Iron and Steel Co Ltd
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Zibo Qilin Fushan Iron and Steel Co Ltd
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Shandong Iron and Steel Group Yongfeng Zibo Co Ltd
Economic Development Zone · ~104 km away
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Location
Asia Pacific
China
36.6445°, 119.2384°
At a Glance
- Route
- BF–BOF Integrated
- Crude steel capacity
- 3,000 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1993
- Products
- Finished rolled
- Certifications
- 2 recorded