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Yunnan Qujing Iron & Steel Group Yue Steel Iron & Steel Co Ltd

retired

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

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Yunnan Qujing Iron & Steel Group Yue Steel Iron & 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 1.2 million tonnes per year.

Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Operating1969
Retired2025

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

1,200

BOF

1,200

Blast Furnace

1,245

Iron Units

BF
BF 1retired
695 ttpa600 m³wiki
BF
BF 2retired
550 ttpa450 m³wiki

Steel Units

BOF
BOF 1retired
1,200 ttpawiki

Ownership

Owner Yunnan Qujing Iron & Steel Group Yue Steel Iron & Steel Co Ltd

Parent Yunnan Qujing Iron & Steel Group Yue Steel Iron & Steel Co Ltd [100.0%]

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).