Century Steel Khyber plant
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Century Steel Khyber plant is a steel plant in Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan that operates steelmaking and ironmaking technology.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan:
- Location: Plot No 07-A, Rashakai, Special Economic Zone, Nowshera, Pakistan
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 34.072714, 72.141584 (exact)
Background
Fuzhou Julitaihe International Company of China is building the Century Steel Ltd plant in the Rashakai Special Economic Zone, Pakistan. The plant is expected to have a capacity of 1.5 mtpa and is being constructed in three phases with with the first phase expected to have an initial capacity of 500 ttpa.[1] Over US $30 million out of the US $82 million invested in the project's first phase was already underway, but the project was facing multiple hurdles and delays.[2]
In November 2024, in a letter, Century Steel Group CEO Li Chunjian stated the company had reached the decision to wrap up its business and withdraw investment from the country as the government departments, responsible for handling foreign direct investment (FDI) in the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Rashakai Special Economic Zone (RSEZ) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, failed to resolve multitude of their problems.[3][4]
As of February 2025, the company was in negotiations with Pakistani officials to secure electricity for the project, after a minister directed local authorities to do more to remove barriers toward the plant's construction.[5][6]
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Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Announced date | Construction date | Workforce size | Power source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021[7] | 2023-07[8][9] | 1000[10] | 160 MW captive power plant[9] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent GEM entity ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner GEM entity ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Century Steel Pte Ltd [100.0%] | 5073704634 [100.0%] | E100000131188 [100.0%] | Century Steel Pte Ltd [100%][11] | 5073704634 | E100000131188 [100%] |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | ISO 14001 | ISO 50001 | Responsible steel | Main production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| finished rolled[12] | tube, beam, plate, bar[13] | unknown | unknown | unknown | Iron other/unspecified; Steel other/unspecified |
Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status1 | Other/unspecified steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| announced | 1000[9] | 1000[9] |
| construction | 500[9][14] | 500[9][14] |
Table 5: Plant-level Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status1 | Other/unspecified iron capacity | Nominal iron capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| construction | 0[13] | 0[13] |
Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Ferronickel | Sinter | Coke | Pellets |
|---|---|---|---|
| NF | NF | NF | NF |
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References
- ↑ "Century Steel Plant construction at RSEZ in full swing". www.gwadarpro.pk. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
- ↑ "China's Century Steel Group warns to dismantle plant, withdraw investment". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
- ↑ "Chinese steel giant sends "last notice" to Pakistan to address concerns, threatens to shut down operations". ANI. 2024-11-23. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
- ↑ "China's Century Steel Group warns to dismantle plant, withdraw investment". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
- ↑ "Minister Ahsan Iqbal Directs Immediate Resolution of Issues Hindering China Century Steel Mills Operations in Rashakai SEZ". Ministry of Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "China eyes hydropower for steel mills in K-P". tribune.com.pk. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
- ↑ https://www.dawn.com/news/1601766.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.gwadartoday.pk/chinese-steel-company-awarded-for-remarkable-achievement-in-rashakai-special-economic-zone/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20220925041730/https://gwadarpro.pk/1566234038289035266/century-steel-plant-construction-at-rsez-in-full-swing. Archived from the original on 2022-09-25.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20211118183653/http://cpecinfo.com/chinese-company-century-steel-to-provide-pakistan-with-15mn-tons-of-steel/. Archived from the original on 2021-11-18.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240125063350/http://centurysteel.pk/about-us. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220123041440/https://tribune.com.pk/story/2340026/steel-unit-to-start-production-at-rashakai-sez-soon. Archived from the original on 2022-01-23.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20221002091557/http://centurysteel.pk/steel-services. Archived from the original on 2022-10-02.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 14.0 14.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20230410190908/https://www.oecd.org/industry/ind/latest-developments-in-steelmaking-capacity-2022.pdf (PDF).
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