SHANGHAI, Dec 28 (SMM) – Eastern Steel Sdn Bhd commenced construction of its 240,000 mt/year silico-manganese alloy project in Malaysia. The project is constructed in two phases.
In the first phase, a workshop, two 33 MVA fully enclosed manganese-silicon alloy RKEFs will be built, which is equipped with a 36 m2 sintering machine, a raw material yard and other public and auxiliary facilities.
The project is expected to be completed and put into production in September 2022.

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