Xining Special Steel Co Ltd
operatingBF–BOF Integrated route · Xining, Asia Pacific, China
Xining 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 900 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are bearings, spring steel.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1997
Emissions
2025
1.54 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
900
BOF
900
Blast Furnace
2,040
Coking
800
Production
Crude steel production: 1,932 ttpa (2020)
Iron Units
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Power Self-owned Power generation
Steel Products
bearings, spring steel
Ownership
Owner Xining Special Steel Co Ltd
Parent Xining Special Steel Co Ltd [100.0%]
Workforce 3,757 employees
Country Context
China crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Xining
Asia Pacific
China
36.6686°, 101.6714°
At a Glance
- Route
- BF–BOF Integrated
- Crude steel capacity
- 900 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1997
- Products
- Finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded