Steel Investment Projects 2012 | Plant Modernisation

Capital Investments Data

2012 Analysis: Investment in 2012 showed continuing strength across emerging markets with China leading in both upstream and downstream projects. India maintained focus on raw materials beneficiation and coke production. Russia invested heavily in finishing facilities including cold rolling and coating lines. Service centres and steel processing facilities featured prominently, reflecting growing demand for value-added products. Major integrated plant announcements included Vietnam's Tata Steel joint venture.

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7 Bar Mills

3 CRMs, 2 BFs, 1 SSC

Project Categories: Melting/Raw Materials Rolling Mills Coating/Finishing

Capital Investment Projects, 2012 (Selected)
Country	Company	Location	Project	Description
Belarus	Byelorussian Steel Works	BMZ Steel Works	HSM	Uncertain as at mid-2012 if BMZ has found a foreign investor to implement this project
Brazil	Siderúrgica Três Lagoas	Três Lagoas Site	Light Long	Project of Brazilian steelmaker Votorantim (who will supply billet). 2nd phase will be an extra 250 kt rebar
Brazil	ArcelorMittal	Monlevade	Blast Furnace	This is ArcelorMittal Monlevade's second blast furnace in Minas Gerais state
China	Baosteel Group	Zhanjiang	Integrated Steel Plant	Zhanjiang project in Guangdong Province
China	Anshan	Putian	CRM/HDG	700 kt CRC plus 300 kt HDG
China	Rizhao Steel	Mazhou	Welded Tube	Jinghua welded pipe project – 7 production lines – production of high frequency welded tube
Colombia	Votorantim / Acesco jv	Not Specified	Integrated Steel Plant	Integrated flat product steelworks – uncertainty whether to use imported or local ore
Egypt	Ezz Steel	Suez Free Zone	Continuous Casting – Billet	Simultaneous construction of new DRI plant envisaged also
Germany	Tata Steel	Gelsenkirchen	Steel Processing	Second slitting line to process coil in thicknesses of 0.4–4.0 mm and in widths up to 1,650 mm
Germany	ThyssenKrupp	ThyssenKrupp Nirosta	Steel Processing	Skin pass mill for stainless cold rolling facility
India	Tata Steel	Jamshedpur	Air Separation Unit	Linde is the supplier
India	JSW Steel	Bengal Project Site	Integrated Steel Plant	Bengal project is simultaneous with a 2 Mt/yr expansion in Vijayanagar
India	SAIL	Rourkela and Burnpur	Coke Ovens	0.77 Mt at Rourkela and 0.88 Mt at Burnpur
Iran	Government of Iran	Savadkooh	Coal Washing Plant	Construction schedule to follow that of adjacent coke plant
Iran	Government of Iran	Savadkooh	Coke Ovens	30-month construction schedule starting mid-2009
Iran	Mobarakeh Steel Company	Mobarakeh Steel	Power Plant	MAPNA contract for two power plants each 500 MW
Japan	Kobe Steel	Kobe Works	Desulphurisation	New desiliconisation and desulphurisation equipment
Kazakhstan	ArcelorMittal	Temirtau	Air Separation Unit	Supply and installation will be by Germany's Linde Group
Kazakhstan	Evraz Holdings / Caspian jv	Evraz Caspian Stal	Light Long	Light section mill investment
Kazakhstan	ArcelorMittal	Temirtau Works	Blast Furnace	Refers to commissioning of blast furnace #2
Korea	Dongkuk Steel	Incheon Works	Light Long	Output planned of high-tensile rebar (SD800) and vibration-resistant rebar (KS D3688) to 57 mm diameter
Malaysia	Masteel	Bukit Raja Works	Light Long	The new facility will be adjacent to the Bukit Raja billet plant
Mexico	Nippon Steel / Ternium jv	Not Specified	Coating	State-of-the-art JV for high-quality galvanised and galvannealed steel sheets
Romania	ArcelorMittal	Hunedoara	Light Long	New rebar mill. Expansion of site capacity from approximately 385 kt to 700 kt
Russia	Severstal	Cherepovets	Air Separation Unit	2,000 tonnes per day of gaseous oxygen
Russia	Magnitogorsk I&S Works	Magnitogorsk	Cold Rolling	Cold rolling and galvanising complex
Russia	NLMK	Novolipetsk	Desulphurisation	Two-station desulphurisation unit with total capacity of 5.8 Mt/yr
Saudi Arabia	Al Rajhi Steel Industries	Al Rajhi Steel	Light Long	Capacity expansion from 0.8 Mt to 1.8 Mt rebar
Saudi Arabia	Global Pipe Company	Not Specified	Welded Tube	200 kt longitudinal submerged arc welded pipe to 60" diameter, for use in oil and gas projects
Turkey	İzmir Demir Çelik	İzmir	Light Long	Medium section mill to diversify product range
Turkey	Kardemir I&S	Kardemir Works	Continuous Casting – Billet	Continuous steel billet and bloom plant; contract with SMS Group
Turkey	Kardemir I&S	Kardemir Works	Power Plant	Contract with China Shanghai Corp for Foreign Economic & Technology Cooperation (SFECO)
Ukraine	Industrial Union Donbass	Dzerzhinski Iron & Steel	Ladle Furnace	Installation of ladle furnace #2. Commissioning scheduled end-2011 or early 2012
United Kingdom	Van Dalen	Sheffield	Scrap Preparation	Ferrous and non-ferrous shredder facility for Sheffield location
United Kingdom	Tata Steel	Lackenby	SSC	Construction focus – sales of Teesside beams, Scunthorpe sections, Corby tubes
USA	Lee Steel	West Michigan	Steel Processing	Expansion downstream from slitting – with new laser multi-blanking line
USA	ArcelorMittal	Steelton Works	Reheat Furnace	New walking-beam reheat furnace with advanced energy & environmental technology
USA	Gerdau Ameristeel	Calvert City, KY	Reheat Furnace	Natural gas powered billet reheat furnace for rod mill
Venezuela	Siderúrgica Nacional	Ciudad Piar	Steelmaking/HSM	New State-owned EAF mill will make slab and HRC. Andrade Gutierrez is building the plant
Vietnam	Tata Steel / VSC / Vicem jv	Vung Ang, Ha Tinh	Integrated Steel Plant	To be established in 3 phases over a 10-year period
Vietnam	POSCO	Hong Bang	Cold Rolling	Location is industrial complex near Ho Chi Minh City

Source: MCI research. Data as of 2012.

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