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Zibo Qilin Fushan Iron and Steel Co Ltd

retired

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

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Zibo Qilin Fushan 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 700 thousand tonnes per year.

Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Operating2003
Retired2022

Emissions

2022

0.58 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

700

BOF

700

Blast Furnace

740

Iron Units

BF
unknown BF (1)retired
740 ttpa630 m³wiki

Steel Units

BOF
unknown BOF (1)retired
700 ttpawiki

Ownership

Owner Zibo Qilin Fushan Steel Co Ltd

Parent Jinghua Rigang Holding Group Co Ltd [50.4%]; Shandong Zibo Fushan Enterprise Group Co Ltd [25.0%]; natural person(s) [24.0%]; unknown [0.6%]

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.