Posted on 16 Dec 2013
Mill Con Steel Industries (MCSI) plans to invest new melt shop
Source: Steel Business Briefing
The investment will be made through its 83.78% subsidiary, BRP Steel, while MCSI also plans to spend THB 200m to purchase an additional 10.1% of BRP. These plans are expected to be ratified by shareholders at an extraordinary meeting on 25 February.
Both MCSI and BRP are re-rollers in Rayong, eastern
The new EAF will provide MCSI with cost savings, increase its competiveness and reduce the risk of raw material shortages. The upstream capacity will also allow MCSI to broaden its product range. In addition to producing commercial grade billet, the firm has plans to produce special-grade billet for high value-added long products.
Tata Steel
Source: Steel Business Briefing
Tata Steel Thailand will raise long products capacity with the start-up of its new 500,000 tonnes/year mini blast furnace plant in Chonburi, east of
Tata Steel Thailand aims to use hot metal to reach the maximum 40% of feed in order to make better long products such as special bar quality (SBQ) steels.
Source: Steel Business Briefing
Siam Yamato Steel, the Thai sections maker owned by
The No.2 mill is located at Map Ta Phut in Rayong province, and was one of 65 projects which needed to apply for government approval under the Thai government’s new environmental guidelines. This delayed the opening of the mill from October to December 2009.
All facilities at the No.2 mill are ready to start operation at any time, but when commercial production will begin is not known as the mill needs to begin its trial runs and submit the trial products to its customers for approval.
Siam Yamato currently operates its No.1 section mill which is located 5km from its new No.2 mill and has a 600,000 tonnes/year capacity. The No.2 mill will have a 400,000 t/y capacity.