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2019 Capital Investments

Steel Industry Capex

2019 Steel Sector Capital Investments
Country	Investor	Facility	Equipment	Capacity kt	Capex $m
Belarus	Miory Steel Works	Miory Works	CRM / tinplate	240	n/a
Bolivia	El Mutun Steel Co	Puerto Suarez	DRI/EAF/CC/Bar	150	422
Bosnia	ArcelorMittal	Zenica	Dedusting system	n/a	5.733
Germany	Saarstahl	Volklingen	Casting, billet/bloom	850	120.3
India	JSW Infrastructure	Paradip Port	Iron ore terminal	18000	96.6
India	JSW Steel	Tarapur	Tin plate line(s)	200	101
India	Sree Rayalseema	Aswathapuram Village	DRI	31.5	1.48
Indonesia	Krakatau Steel	Cilegon Works	HSM	1500	460
Kazakhstan	Eurasian Nat Res	Kostanay	DRI	1800	650
Mexico	JFE Steel / Nucor	Not disclosed	HDG	363	270
Mexico	Ternium/NSSMC jv	Tenigal	HDG	430	300
Mexico	Frisa	Not disclosed	EAF / CC / Bar	400	100
Russia	NLMK	Novolipetsk Works	Reheat furnace	2250	59
Russia	Magnitogorsk I&S Works	Magnitogorsk Works	Sinter plant	5500	302
UK	British Steel	Scunthorpe	Rod mill (upgrade)	n/a	65
USA	Nucor	Nucor Steel Kankakee	Bar mill	454	180
USA	Nucor	Sedalia	Micro mill	317	250
USA	USS / Kobe jv	PRO-TEC, OH	Continuous annealing	454	400
USA	USS / Kobe jv	PRO-TEC, OH	HDG	453.5	400
Vietnam	Hoa Phat	Hoa Phat Dung Quat	BF	4800	n/a

New NLMK walking beam reheat furnace replaced the outdated pusher-type furnace and operates at 320 tons/hour.

All investment and modernisation projects above are scheduled for commissioning in or around 2019. Capacity data is quoted in metric tonnes.

MCI has an in-house database of over 900 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.

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