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Steel Industry Capex Projects 2011

Capital Investments Data

2011 Analysis: Investment in 2011 reflected continued global recovery with strong activity across emerging markets. Russia led with extensive modernisation programmes including EAF upgrades and finishing facilities. India focused on raw materials infrastructure including coke ovens and pellet plants. Korea's major greenfield integrated plant represented significant capacity expansion in Asia. Middle East investments centred on EAF-based facilities and seamless tube production for the energy sector.

38
Projects Shown
20
Countries
7 EAFs
3 HDG, 3 Seamless Tube
Project Categories: Melting/Raw Materials Rolling Mills Coating/Finishing
2011 Capital Investment Projects [Selected Projects]
Country ↕ Company ↕ Location ↕ Project ↕ Description
Brazil Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais Cubatao Pickling Line Continuous pickling line with HCl acid regeneration
China Anyang / Vale jv Anyang Works Pellet Plant Joint venture pellet plant
China Baotou Steel Inner Mongolia Seamless Tube 159mm seamless steel pipe production line
China Dongbei Steel Dalian, Liaoning Air Separation Unit Production capacity of about 800 tonnes of oxygen per day
Egypt Al-Kharafi Group Burj Al Arab EAF/CC/Billet Project approval from Egypt's Industrial Development Authority announced early 2009
Egypt Ezz Steel Ain Suhkna Works DRI Italian plant and equipment suppliers
India Amba River Coke Pen Tehsil Coke Ovens MOU signed for coke oven plant to supply met coke needs of Ispat Industries
India Essar Group Not Disclosed Service Centre 4th SSC - will retail flat as well as purchased long and tube
India Gangotri Iron & Steel Bihar Induction Furnace/CC/Bar Investment of approximately 350m rupees
Iran Khomein Markazi EAF/CC/Billet I-beam, angles and rebar production planned in later phase
Iran Kish South Kaveh Steel Kish South Kaveh EAF/CC/Billet First phase was DRI
Japan JFE Steel West Japan Works Blast Furnace Reline After the revamp the inner volume will be 4,300 cubic metres
Kazakhstan ArcelorMittal Termitau Casting - Billet/Bloom Six-strand continuous square billet caster; capacity expansion from 4 to 5mt/year
Korea Hyundai Steel Dangjin, Chungnam BOF/CC/+++ Greenfield integrated plant 6.5mt HRC + 1.5mt plate. Vale iron ore contract
Mexico AHMSA Monclova Plant Air Separation Unit Build and Operate arrangement. Capacity of 1,700 tons of oxygen
Mexico POSCO Altamira HDG Auto focus. Construction work includes adjacent distribution centre
Mexico Tenaris Veracruz Seamless Tube State-of-the-art small diameter rolling mill up to 7 inches
Myanmar Hoa Sen Group Not Disclosed HDG/OCS/Lamination 450kt zinc coating + 180kt colour-coat plus laminating lines
Oman JFE / Foulath jv Not Specified Pellet Plant JFE 40% stake. Foulath is part owned by GIIC
Poland ArcelorMittal Dabrowa Gornicza PCI PCI for blast furnace No. 2
Russia Estar Uzhnorussikiy Steel Works EAF/CC/Heavy Sections Beams, angles and channels. Supplier is SMS Group's CONCAST
Russia Evraz / VSMK jv Sibirsky Electrometallurgical EAF/CC/Bar Mill New mill in Irkutsk region for production of high quality long products
Russia Evraz Holdings Nishny Tagil Ladle Furnace LF#4. Construction to start end-2010 or early 2011
Saudi Arabia ArcelorMittal / Bin Jarallah Not Identified Seamless Tube Funding partially from Saudi Industrial Development Fund
Saudi Arabia Sulb National Company Not Specified EAF/CC/Billet EAF with continuous billet caster; scrap feedstock supplemented with purchased HBI
Saudi Arabia Unicoil Al Jubail EAF/CC/HSM EAF melt shop with DRI and slab caster feeding hot strip mill
South Africa DRA Hakhano Coal Washing Plant Build-own-operate basis 240 tonnes per hour export coal washing facility
Turkey MMK Atakas jv Atakas CRM/HDG/Painting 1.2mtpy continuous pickling line, 750kt 2-stand reversing mill, 450kt HDG and 200kt colour coating
Turkey Ozbal Celik Boru Mersin Tarsus Welded Tube Spiral steel pipes - diameter range 20cm to 3 metres (for Nabucco Project)
UAE BRC Arabia Dubai EAF/CC/Bar Rebar and wire rod facility; second phase will expand capacity
UAE Emirates Steel Industries Emirates Steel Heavy Section/Rail Heavy section rolling mill is a phase II development
Ukraine ArcelorMittal Krivoy Rog Casting - Billet/Bloom 150 x 150mm billets of 9 to 12 metre length
Ukraine Dneprospetsstal Dneprospetsstal EAF Vacuum induction furnace planned also
USA Infra Metals New Boston, Ohio SSC Construction of steel distribution centre to begin Spring 2011
USA Nucor Louisiana Blast Furnace 1st Phase of 3m ton/year pig iron project
USA SunCoke Middletown Works Coke Ovens SunCoke investment on site next to AK Steel's Middletown Works in Ohio
Vietnam Kobe Steel Hoang Mai Ind Zone DRI [ITmk3] First phase is 2 units x 600kt each. 2nd phase is same again
Vietnam Southern Sheet Steel Phu My Town HSM 18 month construction period; finance from HSBC Bank (Vietnam) Ltd




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