Sinosteel Kenya steel plant
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Sinosteel Kenya steel plant is a steel plant in unknown, Meru, Kenya that operates steelmaking and ironmaking technology.
Location
The map below shows the approximate location of the plant in unknown, Meru, Kenya:
- Location: Kenya
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 0.461697, 37.991283 (approximate)
Background
Due to debts owed, Sinosteel merged with China Baowu Steel Group (Baowu) in 2020.[1] There has been no update on the progress of this plant since the announcement of the merge and it is unclear what Baowu intends to do with this plant.[2]
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Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Announced date | Retired date | Power source | Iron ore source | Coal source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015[3][4] | 2023[3][4] | unknown | unknown | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinosteel Corp Ltd [100.0%] | 5000071379 [100.0%] | E100000001677 [100.0%] | Sinosteel Corp Ltd [100%][5] | 5000071379 | E100000001677 [100%] |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel sector end users | ISO 14001 | ISO 50001 | Responsible steel | Main production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown | 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) |
|---|---|---|
| cancelled | 1000[6] | 1000[6] |
Table 5: Plant-level Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status1 | Other/unspecified iron capacity | Nominal iron capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| cancelled | 0 | 0 |
Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Ferronickel | Sinter | Coke | Pellets |
|---|---|---|---|
| NF | NF | NF | NF |
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Additional data
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References
- ↑ "China approves restructuring for Baowu, Sinosteel, accelerating consolidation - Global Times". www.globaltimes.cn. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
- ↑ "China's Sinosteel to build steel mill in Kenya-Yieh Corp Steel News". www.yieh.com. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20151225051515/http://allafrica.com/stories/201504011324.html. Archived from the original on 2015-12-25.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20221221024615/https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/business/2015/03/chinese-steel-maker-to-open-mega-plant-in-kenya/. Archived from the original on 2022-12-21.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240125061548/https://en.sinosteel.com/col/col308/index.html. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240221184300/https://www.oecd.org/sti/ind/latest-developments-in-steelmaking-capacity-2024.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-02-21.
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