Chinese steel group Jianlong's Malaysia JV lights second BF

Malaysia's Eastern Steel Sdn. Bhd. (ESSB), majority owned by China's Jianlong Group, the Beijing-headquartered steel conglomerate, has blown-in the second blast furnace at its Kemaman integrated steel works in Terengganu in west Malaysia, local partner Hiap Teck Venture Berhad (HTVB) has announced.

The new No.2 furnace has an inner volume of 1,380 cu metres, more than double that of the works' first unit, inaugurated over a decade ago that has a 600-cu-m inner volume. With the successful ignition of the new blast furnace, ESSB's production capacity will increase from the current 700,000