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Yingkou Iron and Steel Co Ltd

operating

BF–BOF Integrated route · Yingkou, Asia Pacific, China

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Yingkou 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 about 2.8 million tonnes per year. Its main products are rebar, sheet, rod, billet, coil, rounds.

Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Operating since 2010

Emissions

2023

1.57 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

2,800

BOF

2,800

Blast Furnace

2,400

Iron Units

BF
BF 1operating
1,200 ttpa1360 m³wiki
BF
BF 2operating
1,200 ttpa1360 m³wiki

Steel Units

BOF
unknown BOF (1)operating
1,400 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (2)operating
1,400 ttpawiki

Steel Products

rebar, sheet, rod, billet, coil, rounds

Ownership

Owner Yingkou Iron & Steel Co Ltd

Parent Liaoning Jiachen Holding Group Co Ltd [84.6%]; The China Orient Asset Management Co Ltd [14.3%]; unknown [1.2%]

Workforce 3,189 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.