Qualified human resources must be turned out for steelware production: Senior General
June 1
IT is necessary to calculate the
transport of raw materials to plants and distribution of iron and steelwares
produced by them by electric train in the future, said Chairman of the State
Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on his
inspection tour of the No 1 Steel Plant (Myingyan) under the Ministry of
Industry in Myingyan Township of Mandalay Region yesterday morning.
Union Minister for Industry Dr
Charlie Than and Deputy Minister U Yin Maung Nyunt reported on the
implementation of the No 1 Steel Plant (Myingyan) as part of accomplishments of
the guidance of the Senior General, running of the Melt Shop on 24 March 2023
and difficulties in implementation of the project.
In his speech, the Senior General
said the government spent a large sum of foreign exchange on the import of iron
and steelwares as the country needs some two million tonnes of iron and
steelwares on a yearly basis. Manufacturing of steel needs electricity. Hence,
ground surveys must be conducted and generating electricity through solar power
should be considered. As the Melt Shop 1 has been built, implementation of the
whole pro ject must be undertaken phase by phase. This plant and the Pinpet
plant will meet the local demand for iron and steelwares. Qualified human
resources must be turned out for steelware production. The Senior General
stressed that it is necessary to calculate the transport of raw materials to
plants and the distribution of iron and steelwares produced by them by electric
train in the future.
In commemoration of launching the
Melt Shop 1 of the plant, the Senior General pressed the button to manufacture
a steel billet and started running the melting process at the electric melt
shop.
The Senior General inspected
functions of the Melt Shop 1 and the production of steel billets.
The Senior General put his
signature on a steel billet manufactured on 24 March 2023 by the electric
melting section of the Melt Shop 1 in accord with his guidance.
The Senior General and party
inspected the installation of machines at Melt Shop 2 and steel sheets
manufactured on 17 August 2016 and gave necessary guidance to officials.
At the mess hall of No 1 Steel
Plant (Myingyan), the Senior General had lunch together with employees and gave
words of encouragement for increased production of steel products.
No 1 Steel Plant (Myingyan) under
the Ministry of Industry is located near Hsakha Village of Myingyan Township,
Mandalay Region. It produced 2,000 tons of steel sheets from Melt Shop-2 in
2016. During the construction of the plant, although more than 90 per cent of
the machinery arrived, the project tasks were halted due to decisions from the
Union government’s economic committee meeting 7/2017 and meeting decisions of
the 11th-day meeting of the fourth regular session of the Second Pyidaungsu
Hluttaw in 2017. During the period of halting the project as of 15 March 2017,
investments amounted to K403,932.882 million and the project has been completed
by 66.52 per cent. During the inspection tour of the No 1 Steel Plant
(Myingyan) on 24 January 2022, the Senior General gave guidance on systematic
supervision for the timely completion of the plant project in building it in
phases. In implementing the project tasks, Melt Shop 1 has been completed for
Phase 1. At a time when Phase 1 of the Melt Shop 1 is being operated at full
capacity, tasks will be continued to run Phase 2 for the Melt Shop 2. The
running of the whole project will be undertaken phase by phase. The No 1 Steel
Plant (Myingyan) is striving as a main driving force for the revitalization of
the iron and steel industry of Myanmar and developing Myanmar’s industrial
sector more in the future. — MNA/TTA
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