Esteel Sabah Steel Plant

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Esteel Sabah Steel Plant is a steel plant in Sipitang, Sabah, Malaysia that operates direct reduced iron (DRI) technology.

Location

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  • Location: Sipitang Oil and Gas Industrial Park, Sipitang, Sabah, Malaysia
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 6.104211, 116.202218 (exact)

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Announced date Construction date Start date Workforce size
2022-11-30[1] 2024[2] 2026[2] 1752[1]

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 Esteel Enterprise Sabah Sdn Bhd[3] unknown E100001012400

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Main production equipment
crude[3] HBI 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)
announced 2500[3] 2500[3]

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

Ferronickel Sinter Coke Pellets
NF NF NF >0[4]

Unit Details

Table 6: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details

Unit name Status Announced date Construction date Start date Furnace type Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown DRI (1) announced[3] 2022-11-30[1] 2024[2] 2026[2] not found 2500[3]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20240208202604/https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2022/11/30/green-steel-project-in-sabah-to-draw-close-to-rm20bil-in-total-investment. Archived from the original on 2024-02-08. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240208202730/https://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/hajiji-sabah-first-green-steel-081942625.html. Archived from the original on 2024-02-08. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20240320004545/https://www.steelorbis.com/steel-news/latest-news/esteel-sabah-to-invest-to-build-green-steel-plant-in-malaysia-1269907.htm. Archived from the original on 2024-03-20. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20240208202946/https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/highlight/2022/11/30/sabah-to-get-rm19bil-green-steel-production-plant/. Archived from the original on 2024-02-08. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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