Profile of steel industry in Indonesia.(Industry overview)

From: Indonesian Commercial Newsletter | Date: July 1, 2006 | Copyright information

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The country's steel industry has remained in the doldrums for a number of factors. One of the main factors is heavy dependence on imports for basic materials. Dependence is still high on imports in both the upstream and downstream sectors of the industry.

The only integrated steel industry in the country is the state-owned steel maker PT Krakatau Steel (KS), which has the facilities to produce sponge iron, hot rolled coil (HRC), cold rolled coil (C...

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