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Yichang Fulong Iron and Steel Co Ltd

retired

EAF route · Yichang, Asia Pacific, China

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Yichang Fulong Iron and Steel Co Ltd is a scrap-based steel plant: an electric arc furnace melts recycled steel scrap into new crude steel. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of 600 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are wire rod, rebar, bar, pipe, hot rolled.

Process Route

EAF

Timeline

Retirement announced2023
Retired2024

Emissions

2024

0.06 Mt CO₂e

0.27 t CO₂e per tonne of steel

Typical EAF route: 0.5–0.7 t/t

Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

600

EAF

600

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)retired
600 ttpa70 twiki

Inputs & Energy

Power State grid Yichang Power Supply Company

Steel Products

wire rod, rebar, bar, pipe, hot rolled

Ownership

Owner Yichang Fulong Iron & Steel Co Ltd

Parent Hubei Rongfu Real Estate Group Co Ltd [50.0%]; natural person(s) [50.0%]

Workforce 91 employees

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.