Big news! All blast furnaces at Hebei Iron and Steel Xuanhua Plant have stopped operating!

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According to research by SMM, in order to ensure the smooth progress of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the blast furnaces at Hebei Iron and Steel Xuanhua Steel Plant have been shut down one after another recently. It is expected that this period of shutdown will be long, and it remains to be determined whether the plants will resume operation. Previously, the monthly production volume of building materials at Hebei Iron and Steel Xuansteel was around 350,000–400,000 tons. Some of the production capacity of Hebei Iron and Steel Xuanhua Plant has been transferred to Leting, and it may go on to develop electric arc furnace steel as well as other related steel industries. Hebei Iron and Steel Xuanhua Steel is a key enterprise of the Hebei Iron and Steel Group, with a history of 100 years in operation. Its predecessor was the Longyan Mining Corporation, founded in 1919. In the early days of the People’s Republic of China, Hebei Iron and Steel Xuanhua Steel was among the first large-scale metallurgical enterprises to resume production. During the planned economy era, as an important underground ferrous metallurgy mine and pig iron production base in North China, Hebei Iron and Steel Xuanhua Steel made historic contributions to the development of China’s steel industry. Since the reform and opening up, thanks to the favorable environment created by the Party and the government for enterprises, Hebei Iron and Steel Xuanhua Steel has shouldered heavy responsibilities and worked hard, achieving rapid and healthy development. Since the beginning of the 21st century, Hebei Iron and Steel Xuanhua Steel has adhered to a low-cost strategy and a strategy focused on producing high-quality products. It has accelerated the process of structural adjustment and transformation, continuously pursued innovation in management, technology, and mechanisms, and embarked on a path of green development, development in accordance with the law, and safe development. In June 2008, Angang of Hebei Iron and Steel Group was incorporated into Hebei Iron and Steel Group. Angang Steel of Hebei Iron and Steel Group is mainly equipped with 3 blast furnaces (2 × 2500 m3, 1 × 2000 m3), 3 converters (2 × 150 tons, 1 × 120 tons), 8 steel rolling production lines, and 4 coke ovens. The steel processing equipment is at the leading level in China, with a comprehensive production capacity of 6 million tons of iron and steel products per year. The main products include wire rods, bars, and profiles. As a large state-owned steel complex with a history of nearly a century, Hebei Iron and Steel Xuanhua Steel has achieved coordinated development of economic and social benefits throughout its process of growth and improvement. In recent years, it has been awarded various honors such as “National Enterprise Abiding by Contracts and Upholding Credit,” “Hebei Province ** Quality Award,” “Honest Enterprise in Hebei Province,” “Advanced Unit for Enterprise Management Innovation in Hebei Province,” and “Advanced Unit for Work Safety in Hebei Province.” The products of Hebei Iron and Steel Xuanhua Steel are of high quality; over the years they have won various awards such as the Gold Cup Awards for product quality in the industry and in Hebei Province, as well as titles like User-Satisfied Products and High-Quality Products. In 2018, hot-rolled ribbed steel bars were awarded the title of “National Product Satisfaction Award”; the hot-rolled wire rods SWRH82B used for prestressed steel wires and strands received the title of “Product of Outstanding Quality in the Metallurgical Industry”. The HRB400E series of hot-rolled ribbed steel bars, as well as the ER70S-6 wire rods used for welding, were honored with the “Golden Cup Award” for their excellent physical quality as metallurgical products.