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Xinjiang Kunyu Iron and Steel Co Ltd

retired

BF–BOF Integrated route · Asia Pacific, China

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Xinjiang Kunyu 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 750 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are rebar, wire.

Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Operating2010
Retired2025

Emissions

2025

1.13 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

750

BOF

750

Blast Furnace

1,500

Sinter

2,100

Iron Units

BF
BF 1retired
500 ttpa450 m³ · relined 2019wiki
BF
BF 2retired
500 ttpa450 m³ · relined 2019wiki
BF
BF 3retired
500 ttpa450 m³ · relined 2019wiki

Steel Units

BOF
unknown BOF (1)retired
750 ttpawiki

Steel Products

rebar, wire

Ownership

Owner Xinjiang Kunyu Lron & Steel Co Ltd

Parent Shiheng Special Steel Holding Group Co Ltd [54.7%]; Hong Kong Wing Tai Holdings [22.0%]; unknown [15.9%]; Trade Union Committee of Shiheng Special Steel Group [7.4%]

Workforce 1,460 employees

Country Context

China crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.

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Nearby Plants

Other Shiheng Special Steel Holding Group Co Ltd; Hong Kong Wing Tai Holdings; unknown; Trade Union Committee of Shiheng Special Steel Group plants

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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.