Myingyan Myanmar Steel Plant

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Myingyan Myanmar Steel Plant, also known as Myingyan No. 1 Steel mill, is a steel plant in Sar Khar, Myingyan, Mandalay, Myanmar that operates direct reduced iron (DRI) and electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

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  • Location: Sar Khar village, Myingyan Township, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 21.377652, 95.372079 (exact)

Background

The Myingyan No. 1 Steel mill was implemented in 2004. In 2016, the Melt Shop-2 started to produce 2,000 tons of steel plates.[1] The plant was suspended on 15 March, 2017 due to increasing losses.[1][2]

On 10 July 2020, it was reported that Myanmar’s Ministry of Planning, Finance and Industry, shortlisted five firms to restart the steel mill. The steel plant is expected to have an annual capacity of 1.8 million tons.[2][3] In late March 2023, the plant's Melt Shop 1—a facility where iron and scrap metal is melted and cast into steel—was declared partially operational after being shuttered in 2017.[4] According to the 2022 OECD Steelmaking capacity, the plant is planning to set up an electric furnace of capacity 200 ttpa.[5]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Announced date Workforce size Power source
2020-07-09[6] 354[7] 230 kV line from the Thapyaywa Main Station and Sembcorp Power Plant[7]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

State-owned entity status Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Full Myanmar Economic Corp 5083242716 E100000131956 Myanmar Economic Corp[8] 5083242716 E100000131956

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Responsible steel Main production equipment
finished rolled[9] slab, billet[9] unknown unknown unknown DRI; EAF

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 Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
construction 200[7][10][11] 200[7][10][11]
operating 200[12][11] 200[12][11]

Table 5: 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)
construction 500[13][14] 500[13][14]

Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

Ferronickel Sinter Coke Pellets
NF NF NF NF

Table 7: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year EAF production Total (all routes)
2024 20[15] 20[15]

Unit Details

Table 8: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details

Unit name Status Announced date Furnace manufacturer and model Furnace type Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown DRI (1) construction[13] HYL/Energiron[13] not found 500[13]
unknown DRI (2) construction[10] 2016[16] not found 0[14]

Table 9: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name Status Furnace manufacturer and model Current capacity (ttpa)
EAF 1 operating[17][18][12] Danieli[7] 200[12][11]
EAF 2 construction[19] 200[10][7][11]

Table 10: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name Scrap-based % scrap % DRI % HBI % sponge iron (unknown if DRI or HBI) % basic/merchant pig iron % granulated pig iron % pig iron (unknown if basic/merchant or granulated % other iron
EAF 1 None unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown
EAF 2 unknown

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References

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  2. 2.0 2.1 Yieh Corp. "Yieh Corp Steel News". yieh.com. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  3. "Myanmar govt announces 5 short-listed firms for steel plant JV". SEAISI. 09 July, 2020. Retrieved 24 October, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "SAC-M: Myanmar Junta's Steel Industry aided by Secretive Italian firm Danieli". Special Advisory Council. 16 June, 2023. Retrieved 24 October, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "Latest developments in steelmaking capacities". OECD. 16 December, 2022. Retrieved 24 October, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20230709023513/https://www.seaisi.org/details/806?type=news-rooms. Archived from the original on 2023-07-09. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 (PDF) https://industry.gov.mm/announcements/get_document/343/1637162684.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240312005146/https://www.kallanish.com/en/news/steel/market-reports/article-details/myanmars-100-day-plan-targets-steelmaking-0616/. Archived from the original on 2024-03-12. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 https://www.projectbank.gov.mm/en/profiles/activity/PB-ID-1293/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 "2022 World Direct Reduction Statistics" (PDF). Midrex. 2023-09-12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-11-03.
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240309063553/https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/project-documents/48368/48368-001-esia-en_4.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-03-09. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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