KSRM Sitakunda steel plant

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KSRM Sitakunda steel plant, also known as Kabir Steel Rolling Mills, is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Sitakunda, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Location

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  • Location: Ghoramora, Bara Kumira, Sitakunda, Chittagong, Bangladesh
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 22.499834, 91.715778 (exact)

Background

KSRM was established in 1984 with semi-re-rolling mill of 100 ttpa capacity, which was raised to 800 ttpa eventually with Europe's Pomini technology. As of August 2023, the company is increasing its production capacity from 600 to 800 ttpa.[1]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
Operating[2] 1984[2] 2500[2]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Kabir Group of Co. (Pvt.) Ltd [100.0%] E100000131067 [100%] KSRM Steel Plant Ltd[2] 5052154119 E100000131041

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[3] billets; rebar[3] EAF[4] EAF (2nos)[4]

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* Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 800 TTPA[2][3][5][2][3][5] 800 TTPA[2][3][5][2][3][5]

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References

  1. "Bangladesh eyes doubling steel production by 2030". The Business Standard. 2023-08-09. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 https://web.archive.org/web/20211223102421/https://www.ksrm.com.bd/. Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. {{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/20210527101653/https://ksrm.com.bd/products/production-process/index.html. Archived from the original on 27 May 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 https://www.steel-360.com/stories/steel/steel-melting-expansions-bangladesh. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 https://www.tbsnews.net/supplement/ksrm-capable-meeting-15-20-countrys-steel-demand-679410. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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