Lion Industries Amsteel Banting steel plant

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Lion Industries Amsteel Banting steel plant, also known as Amsteel II, AMSB Banting, is a steel plant in Banting, Selangor, Malaysia that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) and direct reduced iron (DRI) technology.

Location

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  • Location: Banting, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 2.806998, 101.601053 (exact)

Background

Amsteel Mills Sdn Bhd owns and operates the Lion Industries Amsteel Banting plant and Lion Industries Amsteel II plants in Klang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.[1] Both the plants produce long steel products.[2] Amsteel Milss' second plant, the Banting plant, was commissioned in 2001 to produce steel billets.[3] In December 2021, Amsteel Mills bought Lion DRI unit owned by Lion Industries Megasteel plant, which had ceased operating since February/March 2016.[4] In 2025, the plant has been temporarily idled due to high operating costs, but the group is seeking strategic partners to revitalize operations[5].

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Construction date Start date Idled date Power source
1996[6] 2001[7] 2025[8] unknown

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent GEM entity ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner GEM entity ID
Lion Industries Corporation Bhd 4295883481 E100000130722 Amsteel Mills Sdn Bhd [100%][9] 5000016393 E100000130907 [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[10] billet, wire rod, bar[10] automotive, building and infrastructure, tools and machinery[11][12] yes[13] no[13] DRI; 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)
mothballed 1250[14] 1250[14]

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 Sponge iron/DRI capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
mothballed 1540[15] 1540[15]

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

Ferronickel Sinter Coke Pellets
NF NF NF NF

Table 7: 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
2023 unknown unknown

Unit Details

Table 8: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details

Unit name Status Furnace manufacturer and model Furnace type Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown DRI (1) mothballed[16][17] MIDREX Reformer[18] shaft furnace[18] 1540[15]

Table 9: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Reductant Details

Unit name Current or initial reductant Gas reductant Hydrogen reductant status
unknown DRI (1) gas[18] syngas (reformed methane)[18] capable[19]

Table 10: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Furnace manufacturer and model Current capacity (ttpa) Current size (tonnes)
unknown EAF (1) mothballed[20] 2005[7] BSE (Badische Stahl Engineering) DC-EAF 1250[14] 160.0[7]

Table 11: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name Scrap-based % scrap % HBI
unknown EAF (1) yes[21] >0[21] >0[21]

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References

  1. ↑ About, Amsteel, Retrieved on: Aug. 27, 2020
  2. ↑ "Annual Report 2022" (PDF). Lion Industries Corp. 2022. Retrieved 23 November, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ "Our Mills – Amsteel Mills Sdn. Bhd". www.amsteel.com.my. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  4. ↑ "Lion Industries buys direct reduced iron plant in Banting for RM38m". The Edge Malaysia. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  5. ↑ "Lion Industries looking to revitalise Amsteel's two mills amid tough landscape". theedgemalaysia.com. Retrieved 2025-10-24.
  6. ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20210405082001/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/vprr/0403/04035291.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-04-05. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 http://www.amsteel.com.my/amsteel/our-mills/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/772934. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220111152052/http://www.amsteel.com.my/Home/About. Archived from the original on 2022-01-11. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240111030619/http://www.amsteel.com.my/amsteel/steelbars/. Archived from the original on 2024-01-11. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ↑ https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/772989. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240912182507/https://www.coursehero.com/file/128452040/FA-Assignment-new-FAR3docx/. Archived from the original on 2024-09-12. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220111174153/http://www.lion.com.my/WebCorp/licb.nsf/ed78dd20c25471d74825860e0007508b/$FILE/LICB_AR2020.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220114114959/http://www.amsteel.com.my/Home/SteelMaking. {{cite web}}: Check |archive-url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 "2020 World Direct Reduction Statistics" (PDF). Midrex. 2021-09-14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-11-29.
  16. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240905155453/https://theedgemalaysia.com/article/lion-industries-buys-direct-reduced-iron-plant-banting-rm38m. Archived from the original on 2024-09-05. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240131193745/https://www.midrex.com/wp-content/uploads/Midrex-DFM-2Qtr2023-Final.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-01-31. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 https://share.google/HiJCEzjLtA8qxJ1no. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  19. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20251006234929/https://www.midrex.com/tech-article/the-adaptable-midrex-reformer-a-bridge-to-the-hydrogen-economy/. Archived from the original on 2025-10-06. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  20. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240110012150/http://www.amsteel.com.my/amsteel/steel-division-restarts-hrc-operation/. Archived from the original on 2024-01-10. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220114114959/http://www.amsteel.com.my/Home/SteelMaking. Archived from the original on 2022-01-14. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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