Basic Information & Ownership
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Full name: Hebei Zongheng Group Fengnan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (Zongheng Steel)
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Location: Lingang Economic Development Zone, Fengnan District, Tangshan City, Hebei Province, China.
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Established: November 2016.
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Major investor / parent group: Xinhua Metallurgical Holding Group (also referred to as Sinogiant Group in some sources) invested over RMB 40–45 billion in the project.
Production Capacity & Facilities
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It is an integrated long-process steel enterprise combining steelmaking with coke, iron, rolling, etc.
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Number of employees: more than 8,000.
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Equipment includes:
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2 × 2,314 m³ blast furnaces
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4 × 2300-cubic meter blast furnaces (may refer to total across phases)
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4 × 170-ton converters (basic oxygen furnaces)
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Hot strip (hot rolled coil) production lines: 1 line of 1,700 mm and 2 × 1,500 mm width.
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Steel production / capacity metrics:
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Reported annual capacity around 14 million tons of crude steel, with production in 2023 close to ~13 million tons.
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In early phases (circa 2019), Phase-1 ironmaking capacity was about 3.95 million tons; steelmaking ~3.84 million tons.
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Products & Grades
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Produces over 100 steel grades.
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Product types include hot-rolled coils / hot strip steel, plain carbon steel, pipeline steel, weather-resistant (corr-resist) steel, high-strength steel, automobile beam steel, cold-rolled base material, and high quality carbon structural steel.
- Widely used in high-speed train carriages, containers, home appliances, automotive structural parts, hardware tools and other fields
