Nse and aisa to revive nigerias ajaokuta steel company. Ajaokuta steel company is nigerias leading steel company and intended to be the leading supplier of quality steel products in all the major economic sectors, including construction, packaging. Kayode fayemi, the ebullient minister of solid minerals development, does not look, a little bit, like santa claus. Fg moves to resuscitate ajaokuta steel and itakpe iron ore. Oluwole adeloye on the evolution of nigerias ajaokuta steel plant. They also observe that ajaokuta steel company would have done better than south korea if it has started production. The chosen technology for steel production is the time tested blastfurnace basic oxygen furnace route for steel production. The idea of having a steel industry was conceived in 1958 by the federal. In 1979, ajaokuta steel company limited asclniomco, delta steel company dsc, among others, were established under section 2 of national steel council decree no.
It is situated on 24, 000 hectares of straggling greenfield landmass. This cannot be under the control of the ministry, legislative nor the administration of ajaokuta steel company itself. Ajaokuta steel company being a public sector steel company has found it extremely difficult to source for funds in the financial market. Ajaokuta based on the traditional blast furnacebasic oxygen furnace. The federal government and global steel have signed an agreement for the resuscitation of the ajaokuta steel company in kogi state. Evaluation of the foundry properties of river niger sand. Ajaokuta steel company limited has been constructed and erected. This ajaosteel company is capable of bringing food to the table of more than 500,000 citizens according to mr isah onobera, the sole administrator of the company vanguard 5th may,2017. The nigerian society of engineers,nse together with african iron and steel association,aisa are working with the national assembly to create a set of laws to establish a responsive and protective ecosystem for the steel sector in bid to revive ajaokuta steel company the associations, have expressed confidence over the full take off of the ajaokuta steel company, assuring that.
Company brochure manufacturing engineering and products. Learn about working at ajaokuta steel company limited. Evaluation of the foundry properties of river niger sand behind ajaokuta steel company limited, ajaokuta, nigeria nuhu a. Nigeria plan to link mines to steel mill seen as buhari. See who you know at ajaokuta steel company limited, leverage your professional network, and get hired. The damning appraisal by the nigeria infrastructure advisory. Iron and steel are made from iron ore in a reduction. Steel making experience in the use of nigerian iron ore at the delta. Health and environmental protection in an industrial plant. For eight years, the national iron ore mining company niocom and ajaokuta steel complex were under lock and keys. Visit vconnect for ajaokuta steel company limited in shomolu, lagos. One of the cases of failure ajaokuta steel company by. A report the other day that the federal government was ready to offer the ajaokuta steel mill for sale to finance budget is curiously casual and. Stakeholders oppose concession of ajaokuta steel company.
Ajaokuta steel company news latest breaking stories and. Conservation of iron and steelwork in historic structures and. Experts have suggested possible solutions to how the ajaokuta steel company, which has been lying fallow for years, could be revived and better positioned for the benefit of nigeria. Sir joseph ari was born on the 21st of december, 1960. Ajaokuta steel company limited ministry of mines and. The urgent need to put in place a set of steel laws. Ajaokuta steel company limited in kogi state nigeria, the second largest in africa and 12th largest iron ore in the world has not only been under lock and key, but has remained a big centre for.
Nurudeen aliyu musa raises questions about the ability of a russian company to manage the project. Ajaokuta steel plant has indeed four 4 rolling mills namely. Undertakes a case study of the ajaokuta steel company asc, examining the. Timeline of activities on ajaokuta steel company limited. The billet mill, the light section mill, the wire rod mill and the medium section and structural mill. The completion of warriajaokuta rail line, dredging of, river niger, and installation of bulk handling facilities at the ports are still outstanding.
He is a holder of the west african school certificate, diploma in broadcast journalism, post graduate diploma in journalism and post graduate diploma in management. Making ajaokuta steel company valid hope of nations. The first phase of ajaokuta steel company will provide 500,000 upstream and downstream jobs when operational, the federal government has said. Begun by the soviet union in 1979 under a cooperation agreement with nigeria, the complex reached 98% completion by 1994. Raw materials preparation unit i ncluding the sintering plant cokeoven and by product plant iron making unit. Ajaokuta steel company limited ajaokuta kogi state. Ajaokuta steel rolling mill, tagged the bedrock of nigerias civilization is located in ajaokuta, a local government area in kogi state, nigeria. Unseen video of ajaokuta steel company limited youtube. Ownership crisis ends, nigeria retakes ajaokuta steel. Akpoti, daughter of a nigerian father from kogi state and a ukrainian mother has been in the forefront of advocacy for.
Built on a 24,000 hectares 59,000 acres site starting in 1979, it is the largest steel mill in nigeria, and the coke oven and byproducts plant are larger than all the refineries in nigeria combined. The steelworks have been called the bedrock of nigerias industrialization. Steel production remains a distinctive classification mark between 1st and 3rd world. Ajaokuta steel to start production after 40 years bloomberg reported that on a hot april morning, workers are furiously cleaning a decorative fountain in front of the executive office of nigeria. Ajaokuta steel company limited ascl popularly known as ajaokuta steel mill is a steel mill in nigeria, located in ajaokuta, kogi state, nigeria. Ajaokuta steel project is located on 24,000 hectares of sprawling greenfield landmass. Mecon credentials turn key project name of the client rourkela steel plant bokaro steel plant bhillai steel plant durgapur steel plant rashtriya ispat nigam ltd. Fg has resolved legal issues at ajaokuta steel company.
According to them, south korea, which started its steel construction around the same time with ajaokuta steel company presently has a revenue base of more than n60 billion dollars per annum and employs more than 65,000 workers. The blast furnace technology on which ajaokuta steel plant is based is the most popular technology for steel production accounting for about 70% of liquid steel production worldwide. Failure of the ajaokuta steel rolling mill project. In his earlier remarks, the minister of solid minerals development, dr kayode fayemi, explained why people perceive work had been abandoned at the ajaokuta steel.
Nigerias plan to build a railway to supply iron ore to its idle ajaokuta steel plant could be the biggest sign yet that president muhammadu buhari is implementing his policy to diversify away. Iron ore occurrence in nigeria ministry of mines and. Ademoh department of mechanical engineering nigerian defence academy, kaduna, nigeria abstract. Pdf evaluation of the foundry properties of river niger sand. History shows that no country has ever become rich by exporting raw materials without also having an industrial sector, and in modern terms an advanced services sector.
Ajaokuta steel company is one of the national asset held in hostage by our rulers over the years. Absence of external infrastructures such as access roads, railway and poor power supply have been identified as factors militating against the commissioning of ajaokuta steel company. The response given by natasha akpoti on the various issues raised by the association of small scale steel marketers and scrap dealers of nigeria asssmsdn which bothers on her campaigns concerning which company should operate ajaokuta steel company has raised more. In the first place, the ajaokuta steel complex was originally proposed to be sited in onitsha, anambra state but due to ethnic sentiment and political motive, it was moved to ajaokuta. A rare video of ajaokuta steel company limited made by a passionate and committed staff of tyazhpromexport tpe russia former soviet union. Ajaokuta steel company limited office in 22, 22, tijani ashogbon street, bariga, shomolu, lagos, nigeria. The ajaokuta steel company in kogi state of nigeria was envisaged to serve as the bedrock of nigerias industrialisation. The ajaokuta steel company and other international customers owe the power sector n12. Ajaokuta steel company was designed and specified in russian system gosh yet in 2003 an american based company found its way in ajaokuta to run the company with disastrous consequencies. The technology used for steel production at the steel mill is the time tested blast furnace basic oxygen furnace route for steel production. Selection of coals for making high quality metallurgical coke at. Steel liiiil bafa ajaokuta steel company delta steel company dangote. Ajaokuta steel company limited in 22, 22, tijani ashogbon. However, the project has been mismanaged, and the steel mill has not produced a single.
Scrap iron and steel recycling in nigeria nairametrics. A case study of ajaokuta steel company limited ascl foundry shop. Pdf ajaokuta steel plant is the largest integrated steel complex in black africa, located along the west bank of. The steel plant itself is built on 800hectares of land. How ajaokuta steel complex was killed, buried vanguard news. Ajaokuta steel company is back in nigerias control fayemi. Steel company, the locally available iron ore at itakpe. No mining and steel production took place, as the two parties nigerian government and an indian steel firm, global steel holding limited gshl were engaged in legal battle over a terminated concession agreement. Isah onobere, made this known during a media tour of. Ajaokuta steel plant is the largest integrated steel complex in black africa, located along the west bank of river niger in nigeria. Ajaokuta steel company regarded as the bedrock of nigerias industrialisation was established in 1979. Dispute over the ownership of the ajaokuta steel complex and niomco had made it impossible for government to make any long.
Recently, the united kingdom department for international development dfids evaluation purportedly described the economic viability of steel production at ajaokuta steel company asco as marginal. The iron and steel industry and nigerias industrialization. Evolution of ajaokuta steel plant in nigeria idrc digital library. The town is the home of the multibilliondollar ajaokuta steel mill, the largest steel mill in nigeria. The more a country specializes in the production of. Raw materials preparation unit i ncluding the sintering. The engineering design, function and prospects of the. The ajaokuta steel company, the engine of industrial emancipation of nigeria consists of the following process units. Titles are listed in our catalogue on the website, refer. Why ajaokuta steel company is not opened yet punch. Read all the latest news, breaking stories, top headlines, opinion, pictures and videos about ajaokuta steel company from nigeria and the world on today. Ajaokuta steel company to create 500,000 jobs fg jobgurus.
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