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Steel Investment Projects 2010 | Plant Modernisation

Capital Investments Data

2010 Analysis: Investment activity in 2010 reflected recovery from the global financial crisis, with significant projects across emerging markets. China dominated capacity additions with multiple BOF and hot strip mill projects. Russia focused on downstream value-added products including galvanising and service centres. India's investments centred on raw materials infrastructure including air separation units and coke ovens. Western markets emphasised environmental upgrades and quality improvements rather than capacity expansion.

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Projects Shown
28
Countries
6 HDG Lines
5 BFs, 5 Bar Mills, 5 EAFs
Project Categories: Melting/Raw Materials Rolling Mills Coating/Finishing
2010 Capital Investment Projects [Selected Projects]
Country ↕ Company ↕ Location ↕ Project ↕ Description
Argentina Beltrame Puerto Madryn DRI Direct reduction plant in Argentine province Chubut
Austria VoestAlpine Linz Works HDG Zinc, zinc-iron and Zn-Al-Mg coatings; galvanising line #5
Austria VoestAlpine Linz Works Power Plant Power plant facility in block 07. Capex €160m
Brazil Ceará Steel Ceará Steel EAF/CC/Slab Slab for export plant; DRI feedstock. 1.5 Mt/yr DRI unit included
Brazil Usiminas Ipatinga Coke Ovens New coke plant No. 3
Brazil Vallourec / Sumitomo jv Unidentified Site BOF/Seamless Tube Seamless OCTG tube; diameters 168.3–406.4 mm – heat treatment and threading included
Canada USS Hamilton Works WWTP Former Stelco Hamilton works
Chile Cia Siderúrgica Huachipato CSH Site HDG Board approval given in 2008
China Baosteel / Handan JV Hebei Province BOF/CC Baosteel / Handan joint venture in Hebei Province
China Guangzhou / JFE Steel jv Nansha Dev Zone CRM/HDG CR complex includes 400 kt hot dip galvanising facility
China Shougang Group Qian-an Works HSM Qian-an plant in Hebei Province (Beijing relocation project)
Egypt Suez Steel Suez Steel Bar Mill To serve local market. DRI unit and billet plant to follow
France ArcelorMittal Saint-Chély-d'Apcher Continuous Annealing Investment to increase output of electrical steel
Germany Dillinger / Saarstahl Zentralkokerei Saar 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
India BOC SAIL Air Separation Unit 1,700 t/d plant to be installed by BOC India (part of Linde)
India SAIL Alloy Steel Plant Blast Furnace Investment is part of broader upgrade of the works
Iran Government of Iran Gol-e-Gohar Pellet Plant Four-year construction period – will use local iron ore
Iran Kerman Steel Kerman Steel Bar Mill For production of rebar 12–32 mm in diameter
Iran NISCO Group Mobarakeh Steel EAF/Thin Slab/HRC Thin slab mini-mill will include DRI, ladle furnace, thin slab caster and lime plant
Japan Nippon Steel Aichi Prefecture Coke Ovens Investment of ¥60bn
Japan Tokyo Steel Tahara EAF One of the largest EAFs in the world – Toyota will be a key client
Kazakhstan Evraz Holdings Kostanaiskdiesel 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 Not Specified EAF/CC/Bar 1 Mt EAF facility making rebar, merchant bar quality and special bar quality products
Poland ArcelorMittal Katowice Works Hot Metal Desulphurisation Investment is in two desulphurisation stations
Romania ArcelorMittal Galați Works Blast Furnace Reline BF #3 reline. Cost of €53m
Romania Mechel Ductil Steel Billet Caster To increase billet production capacity by 600,000 tonnes per annum
Russia Evraz Holdings Novokuznetsk Plate Mill 8–50 mm plate, up to 3,600 mm wide
Russia Magnitogorsk I&S Works Magnitogorsk CRM – Tandem Auto body sheet focus 0.28–3 mm gauge, 850–1,880 mm width
Russia NLMK Novolipetsk HDG Gauge from 0.22 to 0.8 mm and width from 900 to 1,270 mm
Saudi Arabia Alfanar Unidentified Site Seamless Tube 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 Slovakia Steel Mills WWTP Siemens water treatment plant for new steelworks. Capex €10m
South Africa ArcelorMittal Newcastle Steel Blast Furnace Reline For BF #5
South Africa ArcelorMittal Newcastle Steel Hot Metal Desulphurisation For blast furnace #5
Syria Wahib Merei Company Tartous Works Bar Mill Rebar facility capacity expansion from 200 kt to 275 kt
Turkey Borcelik / ArcelorMittal jv Gemlik Works HSM Slabs to be sourced from ArcelorMittal
Turkey Erdemir Group Hasançelebi Pellet Plant Hasançelebi has 885 Mt of ore reserves; Fe content >23%
Turkey POSCO Marmara Region SSC Auto sector sales with services including cutting, slitting and blanking of steel sheets
UAE Emirates Steel Industries Musaffah Industrial Area DRI/EAF/CC/Bar To include 1.6 Mt DRI, 1.4 Mt EAF, 0.62 Mt bar, 0.48 Mt rod
Ukraine Metinvest Yenakievo Blast Furnace BF #3. Pre-upgrade capacity was 760 kt
Ukraine Unisteel Krivoy Rog HDG Output planned of galvanised coils 0.3–2.0 mm thickness; maximum 1,250 mm width, zinc coating 90–400 g/m²
Ukraine Zaporizhstal Zaporizhzhia Works PCI PCI plant supplied by German engineering company Küttner
United Kingdom ArcelorMittal Former Avis Steel Blanking Line For output of precision cut blanks on Durmech High-Speed Blanking Line
United Kingdom Linde Group Corus Oxygen Plant 1,600 t/d oxygen facility – investment includes off-site gas supply pipeline
USA ArcelorMittal / Nippon I/N Kote, Indiana HDG Continuous galvanising line for high-grade, high-quality coated sheets
USA SSAB Mobile Steelworks Vacuum Degassing Vacuum tank degassing facility for quenched and tempered steels. Capex US$14m
USA ThyssenKrupp Calvert Plant, Alabama Acid Regeneration World's largest acid regeneration facility that will recycle process acids
Vietnam Taiyuan Iron and Steel Thai Trung Rolling Bar Mill Producing round steel bar, section steel and deformed bar products

Data as of 2010.





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