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Steel Capex Projects 2018 | Capital Investment Database

Steel Industry Capex

2018 Steel Sector Capital Investments
Country	Investor	Facility	Equipment	Capacity kt	Capex US$m
Algeria	Bidewi/Bellazoug jv	Relisane	EAF / CC / Bar + SSC	650	300
China	Zhongyou Tipo	Zhongyou Pipe	Welded tube – Longit	1200	804
Egypt	El Garhy	Suez	Billet plant + bar mill	1200	198
Ethiopia	Ekos Steel	Ekos Steel	Bar mill	210	31
India	NMDC	Nagarnar	Integrated steel plant	3000	2308
India	SAIL	Rourkela Steel Plant	HSM	3000	417
Pakistan	Mughal I&S	Lahore	Melt shop expansion	396	8
Russia	Evraz	NTMK	Blast furnace	2500	170
Russia	Severstal	Cherepovets	HDG / painting	400 HDG+OCS	122
Russia	NLMK	Lipetsk	Sludge briquette plant	700	47
Taiwan	China Steel Corp	Kaohsiung Works	Ladle furnace	n/a	24
Turkey	Yildis	Kocaeli	PPGI line	150	n/a
Ukraine	ArcelorMittal	Kriviy Rih	Sinter #5 upgrade	n/a	25
UAE	Senaat/JFE/MISI jv	Al Gharbia Pipe	Welded tube – Longit	218	300
UK	Harrison Spinks	Scunthorpe Mill	Wire drawing plant	20	2.8
USA	Charter Steel	Cuyahoga Heights	SBQ bar mill	n/a	150
USA	CMC	Durant	Micro mill	317	250
USA	NLMK	Farrell Works	Reheat furnace	1542	80
USA	NSSMC	Nippon Steel/Sumikin Wr	Wire drawing plant	39	50
USA	Nucor	Nucor Steel Gallatin	HDG	454	176
USA	Steel Dynamics	Columbia City	Bar mill	218	75
Vietnam	Hoa Phat	Hoa Phat Steel Sheet	HDG/painting	400	179

Data as of January 2022.

Note that Algerian investment in Belisane includes 80 kt/yr slag processing plant (to be built in Phase III).

All investment & modernisation projects above are scheduled for commissioning in 2018. Capacity data is in tonnes.

Metals Consulting International (MCI) keeps a database of over 800 modernisation projects in the international iron and 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.