Nippon GJS steel plant

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Nippon GJS steel plant (จี เจ สตีล (Thai), นครไทยสตริปมิล (Thai, predecessor)), also known as Nakorn Thai Strip Mill (predecessor), is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Sriracha, Chonburi, Thailand.

Location

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  • Location: WHA Chonburi Industrial Estate 1, 358, Bowin, Sriracha, Chonburi 20230, Thailand
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 13.054668, 101.078842 (exact)

Background

GJS Steel was established in January 1994 at Hemaraj Chonburi Industrial Estate.[1] In 2022, Japanese Nippon Steel announced their plans to acquire GJ Steel.[2]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
Operating[3] 1997[4] 680[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
G J Steel PCL [100%] 4295893209 [100%] E100001000178 [8%]; E100001010672 [5.9%] G J Steel PCL[6] 4295893209 E100001010124

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[7] hot rolled coil, tempered hot rolled coil, hot rolled pickled and oiled product[7] automotive; building and infrastructure[8][7] 2020[9] 2021[10] EAF[11][3] EAF (# unknown, Consteel system); DRI plant (DRI plant construction was suspended in 1999)[11][3]

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 1500 TTPA[12][3][5] 1500 TTPA[12][3][5]

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References

  1. "GJ Steel: Background". GJ Steel. Retrieved 14 November, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Japan's Nippon Steel buys Thai steelmakers in $763 mln deal". Reuters. 2022-01-21. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20220121153940/http://www.gjsteel.co.th/index.php?r=about%2Fview&id=1. Archived from the original on 21 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20220126185453/https://issuu.com/ar.gjs/docs/20171231-gjs-ar2017-th. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125052704/https://www.nipponsteel.com/en/ir/library/pdf/20220121_300.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20220111163354/https://investor.gjsteel.co.th/en/shareholder-information/major-shareholders. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20210125104150/https://fact-link.com/mem_profile.php?pl. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20201201052626/http://www.gjsteel.co.th/index.php?r. Archived from the original on 01 December 2020. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220319173917/http://www.gjsteel.co.th/upload/certificate/161673029023899.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. (PDF) http://www.gjsteel.co.th/upload/certificate/161951428629139.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. 11.0 11.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220126211755/http://www.gjsteel.co.th/index.php?r. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. 12.0 12.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20201201055624/http://www.gjsteel.co.th/index.php?r. Archived from the original on 01 December 2020. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

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