Indonesia’s PT GRP to commission blast furnace in Q2

PT Gunung Raja Paksi Tbk (GRP), one of the largest privately-owned steel mills in Indonesia, plans to commission its first-ever 580 cu m blast furnace in the second quarter of this year if the construction work progresses according to plan, a company official shared on February 17.

With the commissioning of the first blast furnace, GRP,located in Cikarang Barat, West Java of Indonesia, covering more than 200 hectares, will be able to expand its steelmaking capacity by 700,000 tonnes/year and supplement the operations of its two existing electric arc furnaces (EAFs). Currently, of the two EAFs GRP is operating one is