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Steel Industry Capex Projects 2013

Capital Investments Data

2013 Analysis: Investment in 2013 reflected diversification across multiple markets with particularly strong activity in Asia. Russia focused heavily on long products with multiple bar mill and light section projects. China invested in cold rolling and coating capacity for automotive and appliance sectors. Thailand emerged as a coating hub with multiple galvanising lines. Iran expanded steelmaking capacity with DRI-based billet production. The year saw significant investments in both upstream capacity and downstream value-added processing.

39
Projects Shown
26
Countries
6 Bar Mills
4 CRM, 4 Coating, 3 SSC
Project Categories: Melting/Raw Materials Rolling Mills Coating/Finishing
2013 Capital Investment Projects [Selected Projects]
Country ↕ Company ↕ Location ↕ Project ↕ Description
Azerbaijan Baku Steel Baku I&S Works EAF 50t furnace will expand Baku steel capacity to 1.1mt/year
Brazil Acos Laminados do Para [ALPA] Para State Steelmaking/Slab To add value to ore from Carajas mines; later phase is hot / cold rolling
China Baosteel Foshan, Guangdong SSC New steel processing centre for automotive and household appliance sectors
China Maanshan Anhui Province Cold Rolling Cold rolled coils planned of 0.3-1.5mm thickness: auto and appliance focus
China Taiyuan Iron and Steel (Tisco) Taiyuan Cold Rolling - Stainless For stainless steel CRC, mostly ferritic with 0.4-3.0mm thickness and 1,000-1,650mm width
Czech Republic Trinecke Zelezarny Trinecke Zelezarny PCI Investment includes coal grinding, drying and PCI injection
India NMDC Near Nagarnar Sinter Plant Turnkey sinter plant
India SAIL Bhilai Steel Plant Blast Furnace Part of broader long product modernisation including rail, bar, sinter
India Viraj Group Mumbai Stainless Flat Construction of 850,000kt flat product plant near Mumbai
Indonesia POSCO / Krakatau jv Cilegon Works Integrated Steel Plant MoU signed for 5mt/yr of 4-metre-wide plate
Iran Government of Iran Abarkooh Works Steelmaking/Billet New steel billet plant to be built on an area of 150 hectares
Iran Khorasan Steel Khorasan Steel Complex DRI 2nd direct reduced iron (DRI) module to feed 2nd meltshop
Iran Samen Steel Ardakan Steelmaking/Billet DRI feedstock from nearby Ghadir Iranian I&S. 150 x 150mm - 200 x 200mm billet planned
Iraq Government of Iraq Not Disclosed Integrated Steel Plant MoU with Government of Iraq signed for integrated steelworks making HRC, rebar, sections in Basra
Kazakhstan Evraz Holdings Kostanay Works Light Long Evraz's Siberian plants ZSMK and NKMK will supply billets
Korea Baosteel Group Not Disclosed SSC Service centre for cold rolled steel for auto sector in South Korea. MoU signed with GNS China
Korea Hyundai Steel Dangjin, Chungnam Blast Furnace No 3 BF; to specialise in steel plates for Hyundai Motor autos
Latvia Libau Liepaja Works Coke Ovens Coke facility with power plant to produce electricity from recovered heat
Malaysia Maegma Steel Lumut Works Steelmaking/HSM EAF + in-house DRI from iron ore lumps or pellets from Vale. Phase 1 HRC 1.5mt; phase 2 3mt
Mexico Deacero Monterrey Light Long Rebar, angles, beams, channels 500kt plant - for construction sector products
Nigeria Jiangsu Yulong Steel Pipe Polaku Welded Tube Jiangsu Yulong LSAW pipe mill will produce 16 inches to 58 inches diameter pipe
Oman Vale Sohar Pellet Plant Project involves doubling of capacity of existing plant from 9mt to 18mt/yr pellet
Pakistan Al-Tuwairqi Not Specified DRI Pakistan's first state-of-the-art DRI plant
Romania Trans Danube Industries Oltenita Steelmaking/Bar Plant to be located in Turol casting house in Oltenita
Russia Evraz Holdings Yuzhny Light Long Including 315kt rebar + 135kt angles. Billets from sister plant, DMZ
Russia NLMK Novolipetsk Steelmaking/Bar Rolling mill from SMS Meer. Melt shop from Siemens VAI
Russia Severstal Balakovo Steelmaking/Bar Long product mini-mill will service the building and construction industries
Saudi Arabia MMC Corporation Jisan Economic City Power Plant Power for aluminium smelter; complex to include steelmaking also
Slovakia ArcelorMittal Senica Steel Processing Will produce four million laser-welded blanks (LWBs) a year for automotive industry
Thailand Canadoil / Sumitomo jv Canadoil Group Plate Mill Sumitomo stake; output will be high grade plate for energy-related applications
Thailand JFE Steel Hemaraj Eastern Seaboard Coating Continuous galvanising line for automobile sector
Thailand Nippon Steel Not Disclosed Coating Hot-dip galvanised and galvannealed steel sheets for high-end automotive applications
Turkey Kibar Holding / POSCO jv Not Disclosed Cold Rolling Turkey's 1st stainless cold-rolling plant - will target import displacement - then grow to 1mt/year of production
Ukraine ArcelorMittal Krivoy Rog Sinter Plant Construction starting 2010
United Kingdom SSI Redcar PCI PCI investment will produce 3.4mt iron every year at Redcar blast furnace
USA USS / Kobe jv PRO-TEC, OH Annealing Auto focus - for USS/Kobe jv at PRO-TEC Coating Company in Leipsic, Ohio
USA V&M Star Youngstown Seamless Tube Billet piercing FQM (fine quality mill) without meltshop
Vietnam China Steel Corporation jv China Steel Sumikin Vietnam Cold Rolling JV includes CSC, Sumitomo Metals and Formosa Plastic Group
Vietnam POSCO Posco SS Vina Steel Factory Light Long Bar mill for manufacture of H,I,U steel shapes and rounds




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