Lion Industries Amsteel Banting steel plant

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Lion Industries Amsteel Banting steel plant, also known as Amsteel II; AMSB Banting, is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Banting, Selangor, Malaysia.

Location

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  • Location: Banting, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 2.806998, 101.601053 (exact)

Background

Amsteel Mills Sdn Bhd owns and operates the Lion Industries Amsteel Banting plant and Lion Industries Amsteel II plants in Klang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.[1] Both the plants produce long steel products.[2] Amsteel Milss' second plant, the Banting plant, was commissioned in 2001 to produce steel billets.[3] In December 2021, Amsteel Mills bought Lion DRI unit owned by Lion Industries Megasteel plant, which had ceased operating since February/March 2016.[4]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Construction date Start date
Operating[5] 1996[6] 2001[5]
Operating[5] 1996[6] 2001[5]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Lion Industries Corporation Bhd [100.0%] 4295883481 [100%] E100000130722 [100%] Amsteel Mills Sdn Bhd[7] 5000016393 E100000130907

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[8] bar, wire rod, flat bar, billets[8] automotive; tools and machinery[9] yes[10] EAF[5] 1 EAF (160-tonne; BSE DC-EAF, began in 2005)[5]
semi-finished; finished rolled[8] bar, wire rod, flat bar, billets[8] automotive; tools and machinery[9] yes[10] EAF[5] 1 EAF (160-tonne; BSE DC-EAF, began in 2005)[5]

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 1250 TTPA[11] 1250 TTPA[11]
mothballed [11] [11]

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* Sponge iron/DRI capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
operating [12] [12]
mothballed 1540 TTPA[12] 1540 TTPA[12]

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References

  1. About, Amsteel, Retrieved on: Aug. 27, 2020
  2. "Annual Report 2022" (PDF). Lion Industries Corp. 2022. Retrieved 23 November, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Our Mills – Amsteel Mills Sdn. Bhd". www.amsteel.com.my. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  4. "Lion Industries buys direct reduced iron plant in Banting for RM38m". The Edge Malaysia. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 http://www.amsteel.com.my/amsteel/our-mills/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20210405082001/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/vprr/0403/04035291.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 05 April 2021. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20220111152052/http://www.amsteel.com.my/Home/About. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 http://www.amsteel.com.my/amsteel/steelbars/#. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. 9.0 9.1 https://www.coursehero.com/file/128452040/FA-Assignment-new-FAR3docx/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. 10.0 10.1 (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)
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20220114114959/http://www.amsteel.com.my/Home/SteelMaking. {{cite web}}: Check |archive-url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20211129195124/https://www.midrex.com/wp-content/uploads/Midrex-STATSbookprint-2020.Final_.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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