Cambodia Iron and Steel Preah Vihear Plant

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Cambodia Iron and Steel Preah Vihear Plant is a steel plant in Rovieng, Preah Vihear, Cambodia that operates basic oxygen furnace (BOF) and blast furnace (BF) technology.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Rovieng, Preah Vihear, Cambodia:

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• Location: 213, Rovieng, Cambodia
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 13.366642, 105.118129 (exact)

Background

In January 2013, Cambodia Iron & Steel Mining Industry Group reached a deal to built a 400 km rail line, steel plant and a seaport in Cambodia. The steel plant is planned in Preah Vihear province of Cambodia. The rail link and port were expected to cost $9.6 billion and the steel plant $1.6 billion. the project was expected to begin construction in July 2014 and complete construction by 2018. According to the OECD steelmaking capacity report 2022, the plant is still in planning stage.

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Announced date	Retired date	Power source	Iron ore source	Coal source
2011-11-21	2019	Captive Power Plant (coal)	Preah Vihear Iron ore mines	Preah Vihear Coal mines

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company	Parent company PermID	Parent GEM entity ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner GEM entity ID
Cambodia Iron & Steel Mining Industry Group Co Ltd [100.0%]	5064704891 [100.0%]	E100001012105 [100.0%]	Cambodia Iron & Steel Mining Industry Group Co Ltd [100%]	5064704891	E100001012105 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

ISO 14001	ISO 50001	Responsible steel	Main production equipment
unknown	unknown	unknown	BF; BOF

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	Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
cancelled	1000	1000

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	Blast furnace capacity	Nominal iron capacity (total)
cancelled	3000	3000

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

Ferronickel	Sinter	Coke	Pellets
NF	NF	NF	NF

Unit Details

Table 7: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Announced date	Retired date	Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown BF (1)	cancelled	2011-11-21	2019	3000

Table 8: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Announced date	Retired date	Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown BOF (1)	cancelled	2011-11-21	2019	1000

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