Abul Khair Steel Sitakunda plant

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Abul Khair Steel Sitakunda plant, also known as AKS Sitakund, AKS Melting, AKS Long Steel, is a steel plant in Sitakunda, Chittagong, Bangladesh that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

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  • Location: Shitalpur, Sitakund, Chittagong, Bangladesh
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 22.472008, 91.734827 (exact)

Background

Abul Khair Steel began its operations as a downstream steel production facility, manufacturing corrugated galvanised steel sheets in 1993 and rebars in 2009. The Sitakund steel plant was established in 2015 with two electric arc furnaces with a combined capacity of 1400 thousand tonnes per annum.[1][2]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Power source
2015[3] unknown

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Abul Khair Ltd 5055443373 E100000131048 Abul Khair Steel Ltd[4][5] 5074007077 E100000131068

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled[6] billet, rebar[3][6] building and infrastructure, energy[6] EAF

Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

1Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status1 Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 1400[6][7] 1400[6][7]

Table 5: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year EAF production
2019 unknown
2020 unknown
2021 unknown
2022 unknown
2023 unknown

Unit Details

Table 6: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Furnace manufacturer and model Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown EAF (1) operating[7] 2015[8] Danieli[9] 700[6][7]
unknown EAF (2) operating[7] 2015[8] Danieli[9] 700[6][7]

Table 7: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name Scrap-based % scrap % HBI % granulated pig iron
unknown EAF (1) yes[10] >0[10] >0[10] >0[10]
unknown EAF (2) yes[10] >0[10] >0[10] >0[10]

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References

  1. "About Us – Abul Khair Steel". abulkhairsteel.com. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
  2. "AKS Factory". Abul Khair Steel. Retrieved 2025-01-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. 3.0 3.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220113195558/http://www.abulkhairgroup.com/business-portfolio/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-13. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20211204233253/http://abulkhairsteel.com/about-us/. Archived from the original on 2021-12-04. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20211205142456/http://newvision-bd.com/bangladeshs-steel-industry-analysis/. Archived from the original on 2021-12-05. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 https://web.archive.org/web/20211202142914/http://abulkhairsteel.com/aks/. Archived from the original on 2021-12-02. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20220807232034/https://abulkhairsteel.com/about-us/. Archived from the original on 2022-08-07. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240528182810/https://www.abulkhairgroup.com/business-portfolio/. Archived from the original on 2024-05-28. Retrieved 2024-05-28. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. 9.0 9.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIfv7nw-z-A&ab_channel=AbulKhairSteel. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 https://www.abulkhairsteel.com/factories/aks-factory. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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