Bashundhara Steel Mirsarai plant

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Bashundhara Steel Mirsarai plant is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant under construction in Mirsarai, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Mirsarai, Chittagong, Bangladesh:

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• Location: Bashundhara Industrial Economic Zone, Zone 15, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpa Nagar, Mirsarai, Chittagong, Bangladesh
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 22.719278, 91.470382 (exact)

Background

Bashundhara Multi Steel Plant with a capacity of 1.25 mtpa is expected to become operational within the year 2025. The construction of the plant was expected to start in January 2021. The project was inaugurated on 20 November, 2022, among two other projects of the Bashundhara Group.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Phase	Plant status	Announced date	Construction date	Start date
Main plant	Construction	2020	2021-01	2025
Expansion	Announced	2022	–	–

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Phase	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner company GEM ID
Main plant	Bashundhara Group	5077898726	E100000131080

Table 3: Process and Products

Phase	Steel products	Main production equipment	Detailed production equipment
Main plant	wire rods; rebars; coils; billets	EAF	1 EAF (100-tonne; Danieli Green Steel MIDA minimill)
Expansion	–	DRI	DRI (# unknown)

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.

Phase	Capacity operating status*	Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
Main plant	construction	1250 TTPA	1250 TTPA
Expansion	announced	–	–

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.

Phase	Capacity operating status*	Sponge iron/DRI capacity	Nominal iron capacity (total)
Main plant	construction	–	–
Expansion	announced	2200 TTPA	2200 TTPA

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