Steel Industry Capex
| Country | Investor | Facility | Equipment | Capacity kt | Capex US$m |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bosnia | ArcelorMittal | Zenica | CHP power plant | 14.45 MW | 58 |
| Brazil | Gerdau | Pindamonhangaba | Billet caster | 400 | 132 |
| Brazil | New Steel, Vale | Minas Gerais | Dry magnetic ore concn | 1500 | 100 |
| China | Jinding Steel | Handan City Works | H/S and rail | 2400 | 448 |
| China | Jiangsu Delong Nickel | Liyang City | Stainless HSM | 6000 | 750 |
| Egypt | Ezz Steel | Ain Sokhna | Air separation unit | 770 t/d O2 | 80 |
| Germany | Haeger & Schmidt | Duisburg | Distribution hub | 60 | 14 |
| Germany | thyssenkrupp | Dortmund | HDG line | 600 | 243 |
| India | Jindal SAW | Nashik province plant | Pipe threading | 50 | 20–25 |
| India | NLMK | Maharashtra Plant | Electrical steel | 64 | 125 |
| India | Rama Steel Tubes | Khopoli plant | Structural steel tubes | +30 | ~1.3 |
| Iraq | Galiawa Group | Van Steel | EAF / CC / Bar | 700 | 340 |
| Italy | Acciai Bertoli Safau | Pozzuolo del Friuli | Grinding balls | 150 | 25 |
| Italy | Metinvest | Not disclosed | HSM | 2000 | 767 |
| Korea | POSCO | Gwangyang | BF#4 reline | 5465 | 290 |
| Mexico | ArcelorMittal | Lázaro Cárdenas | Hot strip mill | 2500 | 1000 |
| Philippines | Steel Asia M'f Corp | Lemery | EAF/CC/Sections | 500 | 200 |
| Poland | ArcelorMittal | Kraków | Coke plant dedusting | 650 | 8 |
| Romania | Liberty Steel | Liberty Tubes | Pipe epoxy coating plant | 110 | 7 |
| Russia | Evraz | Titanium Valley | Railway wheels | 72 | 216 |
| Russia | MMK | Magnitogorsk | BOF shop dedusting | n/a | 47 |
| Russia | NLMK | Novolipetsk | HDG | 450 | 158 |
| Russia | NLMK | Novolipetsk | Cut-to-length line | 800 | 27 |
| Russia | Severstal | Cherepovets | Blast furnace | 2900 | 484 |
| Russia | Severstal | Cherepovets | Coke ovens | 1400 | 354 |
| Russia | Severstal | Cherepovets | Rod mill | 1000 | 168 |
| Russia | Zagorsk Pipe Plant | Zagorsk | Seamless OCTG tube | 475 | 543 |
| Switzerland | Swiss Steel | Emmenbrücke | Walking beam furnace | 1180 | 66 |
| Turkey | Erdemir Group | Ereğli | Coke ovens | 800 | 268 |
| Turkey | Erdemir Group | Ereğli | Sinter plant | 5000 | 198 |
| Turkey | Erdemir Group | İskenderun | Sinter plant | 5000 | 328 |
| Turkey | Kardemir I&S | Kardemir Works | Blast furnace reline | + 25% | 18 |
| Turkey | YC Inox | Dilovası | Stainless pipe | 20 | 80 |
| Turkey | Yukselen | Kocaeli | Service centre | n/a | 7 |
| USA | BlueScope Steel | Delta, Ohio | Extra EAF + caster | 850 | 770 |
| USA | CMC | Mesa | Micro mill | 453.5 | 300 |
| USA | Nucor | Brandenburg | EAF / CC / Plate mill | 1088.4 | 1350 |
| USA | U.S. Steel | Mon Valley | Endless cast roll HRC | 2500 | 1000 |
Data as of December 2022.
ArcelorMittal Zenica CHP plant, financed by EBRD, will use natural gas not coal, and have much reduced SO2 output.Proposed NLMK electrical steel plant in Maharashtra will be for production of premium grain-oriented electrical steels.
Metinvest's hot strip mill project delayed because of disruption of slab deliveries from Ukraine.
New Mexican HSM at Lázaro Cárdenas will produce low and ultra-low carbon, HSLA & API grades.
Evraz railway wheel capacity calculation assumes mass of 360 kg / wheel.
New Swiss Steel walking beam furnace at Emmenbrücke will operate at 150 tonnes per hour.
Capacity of Kardemir's BF#1 is expected to increase 25% from 450 kt/yr after the reline.
All investment and modernisation projects above are scheduled for commissioning in 2022. Capacity data is expressed in tonnes.
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