Spain-based
stainless steel producer
Acerinox has announced that in the first nine months of the current year its Malaysian subsidiary Bahru
Stainless produced a total of 40,695 mt of cold rolled
stainless steel from its Phase I which was commissioned in December 2011.
The construction of Phase II is continuing at a good pace, with the first equipment having already been received. Phase II is expected to be commissioned at the end of the first quarter of 2013.
With the completion of Phase II, Bahru
Stainless will have an integrated
stainless steel plant with an overall annual melting capacity of 1 million mt and a cold rolling capacity of 600,000 mt.
According to
Acerinox's statement, during its first year of operation Bahru
Stainless has already supplied material to more than 150 customers in 12 countries.