VAS Tue Minh Steel Binh Duong plant

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VAS Tue Minh Steel Binh Duong plant (VAS Tuệ Minh), also known as TMS, is a steel plant in Bac Tan Uyen Town, Binh Duong, Vietnam that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Bac Tan Uyen Town, Binh Duong, Vietnam:

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• Location: Lot A5, D2 Street, KSB Industrial Park (Zone B), Dat Cuoc Commune, Bac Tan Uyen, Binh Duong, Vietnam
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 11.113343, 106.831064 (exact)

Background

VAS Steel Tue Minh was founded in 2010. The Binh Duong plant began operation in 2016.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Announced date	Start date	Workforce size
2010	2016	850

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company	Parent company PermID	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner company GEM ID
Vietnam Advance Sprint Group JSC [100.0%]	unknown [100.0%]	E100000131144 [100.0%]	VAS Steel Tue Minh JSC [100%]	unknown	E100000131140 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category	Steel products	Steel sector end users	ISO 14001	ISO 50001	Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled	billet, wire rod, rebar	building and infrastructure	yes	unknown	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)
operating	500	500

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

Year	EAF production	Other/unknown steel production
2019	unknown	unknown
2020	unknown	unknown
2021	unknown	unknown
2022	unknown	unknown

Unit Details

Table 6: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Start date	Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown EAF (1)	operating	2016	500

Table 7: 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
unknown EAF (1)	yes	>0	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown

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Resources

• Company website