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Steel Capex Projects 2016 | Capital Investment Database

Steel Industry Capex

2016 Steel Sector Capital Investments
Country	Investor	Facility	Equipment	Capacity kt	Capex $m
Argentina	Gerdau	Perez	EAF/CC/Bar	1100	524
Belgium	ArcelorMittal	Gent	Walking beam furnace	4950	55
Brazil	F.R. do Brasil	Juiz de Fora	BOF/CC/Slab	3500	4900
Brazil	Shin Hwa Sil Up	Not disclosed	Tin plate line(s)	150	70
China	Ansteel	Panyu	HDG	450	229
China	Kobe / Angang jv	Kobelco Angang Auto	CRM – tandem	540	113
China	Shandong I&S	Rizhao City	BOF/CC/+++	8500	9150
China	Wuhan I&S	Fangchenggang Works	BOF/CC/+++	8600	9500
Ethiopia	Derba Group	Toussa Steel Factory	Bar mill	1300	500
Hungary	Wuppermann	Győr-Gönyű	HDG line	500	112
India	Mughal Steel	Mughal Steel Works	Induction furnace	90	3
India	SAIL	Rourkela Steel Plant	HSM	3000	688
Indonesia	Fuhai Group / Ansteel jv	Ujung Jabung	BOF/CC/+++	1750	1200
Indonesia	JFE Steel	Not disclosed	HDG	400	300
Indonesia	Krakatau	Cilegon	Blast furnace	1200	635
Indonesia	Krakatau	Cilegon	Hot strip mill	1500	379
Kenya	Mabati	Mariakani Complex	OCS line	100	25
Mexico	Grupo Simec	Tlaxcala	Bar mill, alloy & sbq	544	700
Nigeria	Kogi Iron	Agbaja Iron Ore	Beneficiation plant	5000	497
Nigeria	Setraco	Ushafa	Spiral welded pipe	280	150
Russia	Donelectrostal	Rostov plant	EAF/CC/Bar	285	78
Russia	IU Donbass	Armavir	EAF/CC/Bar	700	250
Russia	Metally i Innovatsii	Pikaliyovo	EAF Works	350	307
Russia	NLMK	Lipetsk	Expansion HDG line #1	115	26
Russia	NLMK	Stoilensky	Pellet plant	6000	680
Russia	Tulachermet	Tula Works	BOF	2000	333
Ukraine	ArcelorMittal	Kriviy Rih	PCI BF#9	4500	60
Ukraine	Metinvest	Azovstal	PCI BF#4	1800	17
Ukraine	Metinvest	Yenakievo I&S	Sinter plant	2090	250
USA	Big River Steel	Big River Steel	EAF/thin slab/HRC	3000	1600
USA	N. Am. Stainless	Ghent Plant	Slitting line	n/a	5
USA	Nucor-Yamato	Blytheville	Quench & temper	1400	75
USA	Tenaris	Bay City	Seamless tube	589	1500
USA	VoestAlpine	Port Corpus Christi	DRI	2000	700

Data as of November 2016.

All investment and modernisation projects above are scheduled for start-up in 2016. Capacity data is in tonnes.

Metals Consulting International (MCI) maintains a database of over 600 modernisation projects in the international steel industry. This database contains individual modernisation records identifying the country, investor, facility, 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.