Esteel Antara Labuan iron plant

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Esteel Antara Labuan iron plant, also known as Lion Industries Antara Labuan iron plant, is a steel plant in Labuan, Labuan Island, Malaysia that operates direct reduced iron (DRI) technology.

Location

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  • Location: Ranca-ranca Industrial Estate, 87000 Labuan, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 5.253839, 115.242717 (exact)

Background

Antara Steel Mills Sdn Bhd was incorporated on 15 July 1975.[1] It was owned by Amsteel Mills Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Lion Industries Corporation Bhd. Amsteel sold its 100% stake in Antara Steel Mills Sdn Bhd to Singapore’s Esteel Enterprise Pte Ltd for US$122mil or RM509.96mil in October 2021.[2]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Power source Iron ore source
1984[3] unknown 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
Green Esteel Pte Ltd 5057825935 E100000131050 Antara Steel Mills Sdn Bhd[4][5] 5000049880 E100000130921

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Main production equipment
crude[6] HBI[6] unknown unknown DRI

Table 4: Plant-level Crude Iron 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 Sponge iron/DRI capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
operating 900[7][8] 900[7][8]

Table 5: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

Ferronickel Sinter Coke Pellets
NF NF[6] NF[6] NF[6]

Table 6: Actual Plant-level Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year DRI production Other/unknown iron production
2019 unknown unknown
2020 unknown unknown
2021 unknown unknown
2022 unknown unknown

Unit Details

Table 7: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Furnace manufacturer and model Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown DRI (1) operating[3] 1984[3] MIDREX HBI[3] 900[8][7]

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References

  1. "Lion Industries Sells Entire Stake In Antara Steel Mill For RM509 Million". Business Today. 12 October, 2021. Retrieved 28 November, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Amsteel selling Antara Steel Mills to Singapore's Esteel Enterprise for RM509m | SEAISI". www.seaisi.org. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "2020 World Direct Reduction Statistics" (PDF). Midrex. 2021-09-14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-11-29.
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20230204232017/https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/lion-industries-proposes-sale-antara-steel-mills-some-rm66385m. Archived from the original on 2023-02-04. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20220111152052/http://www.amsteel.com.my/Home/About. Archived from the original on 2022-01-11. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220111174153/http://www.lion.com.my/WebCorp/licb.nsf/ed78dd20c25471d74825860e0007508b/$FILE/LICB_AR2020.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 https://www.steelorbis.com/steel-news/latest-news/malaysias-lion-industries-receives-payment-from-singapores-esteel-for-stake-in-antara-steel-mills-1240889.htm. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 https://www.steelbb.spglobal.com/?PageID=157&article_id=189320. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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