WISCO Group Kunming Steel Co Ltd New District Branch
operatingBF–BOF Integrated route · Caopu, Asia Pacific, China
WISCO Group Kunming Steel Co Ltd New District Branch is an ironmaking site: its blast furnace smelts iron ore into liquid hot metal for downstream steelmaking. Its main products are sheet, strip, coated, pipe, bar, hot rolled, wire, profile.
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How blast furnace works
The process behind this plant, explained from first principles.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 2012
Emissions
2025
4.74 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)
Blast Furnace
2,130
Iron Units
Steel Units
Steel Products
sheet, strip, coated, pipe, bar, hot rolled, wire, profile
Ownership
Owner WISCO Group Kunming Steel Co Ltd
Parent WISCO Group Kunming Steel Co Ltd [100.0%]
Workforce 2,228 employees
Country Context
China crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Caopu
Asia Pacific
China
24.9533°, 102.3781°
At a Glance
- Route
- BF–BOF Integrated
- Commissioned
- 2012
- Products
- Finished rolled
- Certifications
- 2 recorded