GPH Steel Sitakunda plant

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GPH Steel Sitakunda plant, also known as GPH Ispat Sitakunda, is a steel plant in Kumira, Sitakunda, Chittagong, Bangladesh that operates steelmaking and electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

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• Location: Mosjiddah, Kumira, Sitakunda, Chittagong, Bangladesh
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 22.536569, 91.700729 (exact)

Background

GPH Ispat Steel plant is a public limited steel manufacturing company in Chittagong, Bangladesh, founded on 17 May, 2006. Commercial production of steel started on 21 August, 2008. The plant was expanded in 2016 using Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) Quantum Technology by enhancement of production capacity of 840 ttpa billets, which was commissioned in 2021. The plant had an existing capacity of 170 ttpa through induction furnaces.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date	Workforce size	Power source
2008-08-21	2233	Captive power plant

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company	Parent company PermID	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner company GEM ID
GPH Ispat Ltd	5037438155	E100000130987	GPH Ispat Ltd	5037438155	E100000130987

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category	Steel products	Steel sector end users	ISO 14001	Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled	rebar, bar, billet, channel, i-beam, angle, h-beam	building and infrastructure	2022-02-24	EAF; Steel other/unspecified

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	Other/unspecified steelmaking capacity	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating	840	211	1051

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

Year	EAF production	Other/unknown steel production	Total (all routes)
2019	–	157	157
2020	430	107	538
2021	544	136	680
2022	580	145	725
2023	507	126	634

Unit Details

Table 6: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Announced date	Construction date	Start date	Furnace manufacturer and model	Current capacity (ttpa)	Current size (tonnes)
unknown EAF (1)	operating	2016	2017	2021	Primetals Quantum EAF	840	80.0

Table 7: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name	Scrap-based	% scrap
unknown EAF (1)	yes	100.00

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