Parameter | Value |
Average capacity | 500 kt |
Average cost 2018 | US $ 88 million |
Average cost per tonne capacity | US $ 165 / tonne |
Sample size | 16 records |
Capital investment cost figures compiled by Metals Consulting International, based on investments by Sidenor at Stomana in Bulgaria; Suez Steel in Egypt; by Foulad Sazan at the Amirabad Works in Iran; by ArcelorMittal at Huta Warszawa Works in Poland; by Mechel at Izhstal in Russia; by Wahib Merei at the Tartous Works in Syria; and other recent modernisations. Figures shown above refer to bar rolling mills including rebar production plants.
MCI capital cost database holds capex cost data for the following production units and processes. Front end: sinter, coke making, DRI, blast furnaces, BOF, EAF, induction furnaces, continuous casting. Flat: plate, hot rolled coil, cold rolled coil, hot dip galvanised sheet, tinplate, organic coated sheet. Long: heavy sections, rail, steel bar, rod, wire. Also welded pipe, seamless tube. Also pellet plant, coal washing plant, lime plant, PCI, pig iron desulphurization. Dbase also includes BF relines, ladle furnaces, vacuum degassing, air separation units, power plants, slitting lines, pickling plant, waste water treatment plant, acid regeneration plants.
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