Century Steel Khyber plant

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Century Steel Khyber plant is a steel plant under construction in Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Location

The map below shows the approximate location of the plant in Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan:

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• Location: Plot No 07-A, Rashakai, Special Economic Zone, Nowshera, Pakistan
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 34.124213, 72.019181 (approximate)

Background

Fuzhou Julitaihe International Company of China is building the Century Steel Ltd plant in the Rashakai Special Economic Zone, Pakistan. The plant is expected to have a capacity of 1.5 mtpa and is being constructed in three phases with with the first phase expected to be operational in 2023 with an initial capacity of 500 ttpa. The first phase was inaugurated in July 2023. Over US $30 million out of the US $82 million invested in the project's first phase was already underway, but the project was facing multiple hurdles and delays.

In November 2024, in a letter, Century Steel Group CEO Li Chunjian stated the company had reached the decision to wrap up its business and withdraw investment from the country as the government departments, responsible for handling foreign direct investment (FDI) in the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Rashakai Special Economic Zone (RSEZ) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, failed to resolve multitude of their problems.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status	Construction date	Start date	Workforce size	Power source
Construction	2021-05	2023	1000	160 MW captive power plant

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company GEM ID
Jincheng industry development Pte ltd [100.0%]	E100000131200 [100%]	Century Steel Pvt Ltd	E100000131188

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category	Steel products
finished rolled	beams, plates, tube, bars

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

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.

Capacity operating status*	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
construction	500 TTPA

Table 5: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.

Capacity operating status*	Nominal iron capacity (total)
construction	>0 TTPA

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Resources

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