Records of technical and economical indices, for China, which produced 489.240 million tonnes of crude steel in 2007 up by 15.66% YoY and 469.4463 million tonnes of pig iron up by 15.19%YoY in 2007, are as under

1. Iron productions by BFs
A) Highest iron output - Baosteel Group, 24.3095 million tonnes
B) Highest utilization coefficient - Wuhan Iron and Steel Corporation 2.527 tonnes per square meter day
C) Lowest coke ratio - Baosteel Group, 287 kilogram per tonne.
D) Biggest blast furnace volume - No 4 blast furnace of Baosteel group, 4747 square meters

2. Coking production
Highest coke output - Baosteel Group, 6.6512 million tonnes

3. Steel productions by converters
A) Highest steel output - Baosteel Group, 28.577 million tonnes
B) Highest utilization coefficient - Tianjin Tiantie Metallgical Group, 76.791 tonne per day
C) Highest consumption of scrap - Changzhi iron & Steel group Company Limited 150 kilogram per tonne
D) Converter with the biggest volume - Baoshan Iron & Steel Company Limited 300 tonnes

4. Sinter production
A) Highest grade - Taiyuan Iron & Steel Co Ltd 58.42%
B) Sinter machine with largest area - Baoshan Iron & Steel Company Limited 495 square meters

5. Continuous casting production
A) Highest output of continuous cast billets - Baosteel Group, 27.001 million tonnes
B) Highest proportion of continuous casting - 56 steelmakers including Shougang Group, Shagang group, Anshan Steel, Tangshan Steel and Laiwu Steel 100%
C) Biggest steel ladle volume: Baoshan Iron & Steel Company Limited, 300 tonnes of steel ladles
D) Longest diameter of round billet: Pangang Group Chengdu Iron & Steel Company Limited, diameter of 450mm

6. Pellet production
A) Highest output - Angang Group Gongchangling Pellet Plant, 4.158 million tonnes
B) Biggest belt type palletizing machine - Angang Group Iron Plant, 321.6 square meters
C) Largest shaft furnace - Benxi Steel No 2 Iron Plant, 16 square meters
D) Grate kiln with highest output - WISCO Chengchao Iron Ore Mine Pellet Plant, 5 million tonnes per year
E) Highest grade - Angang Group Pellet Plant, 65.47%

7. Rolled productions
Highest output - Baosteel Group, 27.801 million tonnes

8. Electric furnace production
Electric Furnace with Largest Volume - Baoshan Iron & Steel Company Limited, Tianjin Pipe Company Limited and Zhujiang Steel Company Limited 150 tonne electric furnace.

(Sourced from MySteel.net)