UMC Metals Chon Buri is a scrap-based steel plant: an electric arc furnace melts recycled steel scrap into new crude steel. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of 805 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are billet, round bar, bar.
Process Route
EAF
Timeline
Operating since 1994
Emissions
2025
0.032 Mt CO₂e
0.08 t CO₂e per tonne of steel
Typical EAF route: 0.5–0.7 t/t
Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology
Capacity (ttpa)
Crude Steel
805
EAF
805
Steel Units
EAF
unknown EAF (1)operating
Steel Products
billet, round bar, bar
Ownership
Owner UMC Metals Ltd
Parent UMC Metals Ltd [100.0%]
Country Context
Thailand crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Amphoe Muang
Asia Pacific
Thailand
13.2758°, 100.9698°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 805 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1994
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded