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Article: Increased capacity for greenfield steel.(IRAN)(Brief Article)
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- MEED Middle East Economic Digest
- Article date:
- May 20, 2005
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Ahwaz Rolling & Pipe Mills Company (ARPMC) is considering a government request to more than double the planned capacity of its greenfield steel project in Khouzestan province, and to look at new sites in the region. The company has also asked contractors to prequalify for additional technological services on the project. It has yet to issue an invitation to bid for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) package on the plant (MEED 18:2:05).
The plant was originally to have had a capacity of 800,000 tonnes a year (t/y) of hot strip products using scrap feedstock. However, the government has now requested the company to consider expanding the plant to 2 ...