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The LD plant Nr. 1, the first LD steel plant in the world, was shut down 1977, having operated successfully for 25 years. The complete equipment was sold in 1997 to Gunawan Iron and Steel Company in Malaysia
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Malaysia's Lion Group has begun production of steel plate after restarting the former Gunawan Iron & Steel mill on the country's east coast. Lion Group is rolling 8-30mm thick plate at the mill in Kemaman, Tregganu state, after acquiring the facility last year from the receiver, PricewaterhouseCoopers. The mill is now operating as Lion Plant Mill Sdn Bhd, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Lion Group. The plate mill has a capacity of around 250,000 tpy..
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