Steel industry capex projects 2010.

Steel Industry Capital Investments.

Modernisation and capacity expansion projects 2010

• Argentina, Beltrame, Puerto Madryn location, DRI, direct reduction plant in Argentine province Chubut
  
• Austria, VoestAlpine, Linz Works, HDG, zinc / zinc-iron / Zn-Al-Mg coatings; galv line #5
  
• Austria, VoestAlpine, Linz Works, Power plant, power plant facility in block 07, capex Euro 160m
  
• Brazil, Ceara Steel, Ceara Steel, EAF / CC / Slab, slab for export plant; DRI feedstock [1.5mt/yr DRI unit included]
  
• Brazil, CSN, Minas Gerais location, BOF / CC / Slab , export slab plant - pellet supply from Casa de Pedra
  
• Brazil, TMK / Commetprom, Pernambuco project, BOF / CC / +++, modernisation is in two phases [2008, 2010] each of 1.5mt capacity
  
• Brazil, Usiminas, Ipatinga , Coke ovens, new coke plant No. 3 built for BRL 707 million
  
• Brazil, Vallourec / Sumitomo jv, Unidentified site, BOF / seamless tube, seamless OCTG tube; diameters from 168.3- 406.4mm - heat treatment and threading incl
  
• Canada, USS, Hamilton Works, Ontario, WWTP, former Stelco Hamilton works.
  
• Chile, Cia Siderurgica Huachipato, CSH site, HDG line, board approval given in 2008
  
• China, Baosteel / Handan JV, Hebei Province Project, BOF / CC / +++, Baosteel / Handan jv; location in Hebei Province
  
• China, Baotou Steel, Inner Mongolia, Seamless tube, seamless pipes of 100 mm inch diameter
  
• China, Guangzhou / JFE Steel jv, Nansha Dev Zone, CRM / HDG, CR complex includes 400kt hot dip galvanizing facility
  
• China, KSC Steel, Suzhou Gao Wan Chang Steel Coil Centre, SSC, steel coil rolling, slitting and shearing centre
  
• China, Marcegaglia, Yangzhou Plant, Welded tube - Longitudinal, 330kt carbon steel + 20kt stainless steel tube
  
• China, Outokumpu, Kunshan, Jiangsu area, SSC, stainless focus - including cut-to-length line, water-jet cutting machine, plasma cutting, laser cutting
  
• China, RINO International, Shougang Jingtang, Gas desulphurisation, build-operate-transfer contract for two semi-dry flue gas desulphurization units
  
• China, Rockcheck Steel Group, Location not specified, Direct Reduced Iron, Rotary hearth furnace - capex investment cost of RMB 380m
  
• China, Shougang Group, Qian-an Works, Hot strip mill, this is the Qian-an plant in Hebei Province [Beijing relocation project]
  
• China, Tianjin Iron and Steel, Tianjin Metallurgical No. 1 Iron and Steel, Tandem cold rolling mill, phase One is 1mt/yr plant. CRC to be sold to Bohai Sea area
  
• China, Xiangtan I&S, Yuetang Works, Heavy plate mill, five-meter wide heavy plate mill
  
• China, Xingtai Longhai Steel Group, Xingtai City, Wire rod mill, plant is for fine quality fastening high speed wire rods
  
• Egypt, Suez Steel, Suez Steel project site, Bar mill, to serve local market. DRI unit and billet plant to follow
  
• France, ArcelorMittal, Saint Chely de Apcher, Continuous annealing plant, investment to increase output of electrical steel
  
• Germany, Dillinger Huttenwerke / Saarstahl AG, Zentralkokerei Saar GmbH, Coke ovens, construction of battery B3 with 50 coke ovens - B1 refurbishment to follow
  
• India, Bhushan Steel, Meramandali Works, Blast furnace, turnkey construction involving Larsen & Toubro and Paul Wurth together
  
• India, BOC, SAIL, Air separation unit, 1700 tpd plant to be installed by BOC India [part of Linde]
  
• India, Coal India Limited, site not yet specified, Coal washing plant, CIL to invest Rs 2500 crore in 20 washeries having a capacity of 111 mt
  
• India, Monnet Daniel, Karanpura, Ranchi, Coal washing plant, coal to be supplied from KDH mines - investment cost of Rs 450 million
  
• India, Rabirun Vinimay, Kurunti Village site, Sendzimir cold rolling mill, stainless cold rolling mill
  
• India, Rourkela Steel, Rourkela, Air separation unit, supplied by BOC India at a cost of Rs 500 crore
  
• India, SAIL, Bokaro Steel Plant, Acid regeneration plant, hydrochloric acid regeneration plant for pickle line #2
  
• India, SAIL, Alloy Steel Plant, Blast furnace, investment is part of a broader upgrade of the works
  
• India, Surya Group, site not specified, Longitudinal welded tube plant, 'southern market' focus - capex of ~Rs 55 crore
  
• India, Surya Group, Anjar, Spiral welded tube line, for spiral-weld pipe 18-100 inches diameter
  
• India, TPPL, Khopoli, Welded tube - Longitudinal, for ERW tube including pipe galvanising
  
• India, Yash Alloys, Kusumdih, Induction Furnace, 70 tonne-per-day induction furnace at Kusumdih in Gola in Ramgarh district of Jharkhand
  
• Iran, Farrokh Shahr Steel, Farrokh Shahr City, Tin plate line(s), Cold rolled coil is to be sourced primarily from Mobarakeh Steel
  
• Iran, Foulad Sazan Damavand, Amirabad Works, Bar rolling mill, to produce 8-32 mm reinforcing steel bar - investment of ~Rials 600 billion
  
• Iran, Government of Iran, Gol-e-Gohar, Pellet plant, four year construction period - will use local iron ore
  
• Iran, Iasco, Iran Alloy Steel Co, EAF / CC / Billet, 2nd phase will include long product rolling - bar and rod
  
• Iran, Kerman Steel, Kerman Steel and Rolling Complex, Bar mill, for production of rebar 12-32mm in diameter
  
• Iran, Natanz Steel, Natanz Works, Rod mill, Natanz Steel was founded in 1999; the first rolling mill became operational in 2004
  
• Iran, NISCO Group, Mobarakeh Steel, EAF / thin slab / HRC, thin slab mini-mill will include DRI, ladle furnace, thin slab caster and a lime plant
  
• Japan, Nippon Steel, Aichi Prefecture, Coke ovens, 60 billion yen investment
  
• Japan, Tokyo Steel, Tahara, Electric arc furnace - this facility is to be one of the largest EAFs in the world - Toyota will be a key client
  
• Kazakhstan, Evraz Holdings, Kostanaiskdiesel engine plant, Bar mill, small sections, mill 350 - for production of rebars, channels, angles
  
• Korea, Hyundai Steel, Dangjin, Chungnam, Coke ovens, state-of-the-art facility with 4 coke oven batteries
  
• Mexico, ArcelorMittal, site not specified, EAF / CC / Bar, 1 mt EAF facility making 500kt/yr rebar, merchant bar quality and special bar quality products
  
• Poland, ArcelorMittal, Katowice Works, Hot metal desulphurisation plant, investment is in two desulphurisation stations
  
• Romania, ArcelorMittal, Galati Works, Blast furnace reline, BF#3 reline, cost of Euro 53m
  
• Romania, Mechel, Ductil Steel, Billet caster, to increase billet production capacity by 600,000 tonnes per annum
  
• Russia, Alchevsk I & S Works, HSM / CRM, HSM project [Mill 1800] will include an 800kt reversing CRM
  
• Russia, Ashinsky, Ashinsky, EAF, plan for 120t EAF investment [with 2010 start-up] appears to have been delayed
  
• Russia, Evraz Holdings, Novokuznetsk Metallurgical Kombinat, Plate mill, 8-50mm plate, up to 3600mm wide
  
• Russia, Government of Tatarstan, Tatstal, EAF / CC / Billet, JV with Maxi-Invest. 1st stage is EAF / billet. 2nd stage will be ~1mt/yr light long products
  
• Russia, Magnitogorsk I&S Works, Magnitogorsk, CRM - tandem, auto body sheet focus 0.28-3mm gauge, 850-1880mm width
  
• Russia, Mechel, Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant, Slab caster, investment is for EAF shop #6 - project includes a new ladle furnace
  
• Russia, Mechel, Izhstal, EAF / CC / Slab, 40 mt electric arc furnace supplied by Italian equipment producer Tenova - upgrade includes ladle furnace
  
• Russia, NLMK, Novolipetsk Metallurgical Works, HDG line, gauge from 0.22 to 0.8 mm and width from 900 to 1270 mm
  
• Russia, OMK, Vyksa Steel Works, Welded tube - Longitudinal, capacity increase from 290kt to 400kt casings - suppliers include Kusakabe of Japan
  
• Russia, Severstal, Cherepovets, HDG, recommencement of earlier [pre-crisis] capex plan
  
• Russia, Severstal, Vsevolozhsk, Steel service center, an auto industry focus is planned
  
• Russia, Severstal-Gonvarri-Kaluga, Grabtsevo, Steel SSC, with auto, white goods, building industry sales focus
  
• Saudi Arabia, Alfanar, Unidentified site, Seamless tube plant, with oil / gas focus
  
• Saudi Arabia, Zamil Group, Zamil Pipes, Seamless tube, with full size OCTG casings up to 13 3/8 inch
  
• Slovakia, Slovakia Steel Mills, Waste water treatment plant, Siemens water treatment plant for new steelworks costing €10m
  
• South Africa, ArcelorMittal, Newcastle Steel, Blast furnace reline, for BF #5
  
• South Africa, ArcelorMittal, Newcastle Steel, Hot metal desulphurisation station, for blast furnace #5
  
• Syria, Wahib Merei Company, Tartous Works, Bar mill - rebar facility capacity expansion from 200kt to 275kt
  
• Turkey, Borcelik / ArcelorMittal joint venture, Gemlik Works, Hot strip mill, slabs to be sourced from ArcelorMittal
  
• Turkey, Borusan Mannesmann Boru, BMB project site, Spiral welded tube, API grade large diameter line spiral pipes for energy industry
  
• Turkey, Erdemir Group, Hasancelebi, Pellet plant, Hasancelebi has 885 mt of ore reserves; Fe content >23 percent
  
• Turkey, Mescier Demir Celik, Location not specified, Bar mill, producing rebar and flat bar for home and export markets
  
• Turkey, POSCO, Marmara region, SSC, auto sector sales with services to include cutting, slitting and blanking of steel sheets
  
• UAE, Emirates Steel Industries, Musaffah Industrial Area, DRI / EAF / CC / Bar, to incl 1.6mt DRI, 1.4mt EAF, 0.62mt bar, 0.48mt rod
  
• Ukraine, DonetskStal, Makeevkoks, Coke ovens, investment is for the coke producing subsidiary Makeevkoks
  
• Ukraine, Metinvest, Yenakievo, Blast furnace, BF #3. Pre-upgrade capacity was 760 kt
  
• Ukraine, Unisteel, Krivoy Rog, HDG, output is planned of galvanized coils of 0.3-2.0 mm thickness; of maximum 1,250 mm width, with zinc coating 90-400 g/m2
  
• Ukraine, Zaporizhstal, Zaporozhe Works, PCI, PCI plant supplied by German engineering company K�ttner
  
• United Kingdom, ArcelorMittal, former Avis Steel Services site, Blanking line, for output of preciion cut blanks on Durmech High-Speed Blanking Line
  
• United Kingdom, Linde Group, Corus, Oxygen Plant, 1600 tpd oxygen facility - investment includes an off-site gas supply pipeline
  
• USA, ArcelorMittal / Nippon, I/N Kote facility, Indiana, HDG, Continuous galvanising line for high-grade, high-quality coated sheets
  
• USA, FDS, Toledo, Ohio, Coke batteries, world class coke plant and adjacent 135MW electrical co-generation facility
  
• USA, SSAB, Mobile Steelworks, Vacuum degassing, vacuum tank degassing facility for quenched and tempered steels; capex $14m
  
• USA, ThyssenKrupp, Calvert Plant, Alabama, Acid regeneration, world's largest acid regeneration facility that will recycle process acids
  
• Vietnam, Taiyuan Iron and Steel Group, Thai Trung Rolling, Bar mill, producing round steel bar, section steel, and deformed bar products
  

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MCI maintains a database of ~350 modernisation projects in the international steel industry. This database contains individual modernisation records identifying the country, investor, facility, project, capacity impact, capital cost, capex cost per tonne, commissioning date etc. Please email info@steelonthenet.com or call +44 775 149 0885 for further information.