HERITAGE ATLAS — USSR

Oruwala steel rolling mill (Ceylon Steel Corporation)

Металлургический завод в Орувале (Ceylon Steel Corporation)
Sri LankaОрувала (Атуругирия)1962–1967Industrial sites
Sri Lanka's first steel works, built near Colombo with Soviet assistance: the state corporation was set up in 1962 and the rolling mill, about a kilometre long, was commissioned on 20 March 1967. Its design capacity was 50,000–60,000 tonnes of rolled steel a year. In 2009 the enterprise was acquired by the UAE-based Onyx Group.
Первый металлургический завод Шри-Ланки построен близ Коломбо при содействии СССР: государственная корпорация учреждена в 1962 году, прокатный стан длиной около километра введён в строй 20 марта 1967 года. Проектная мощность составляла 50–60 тыс. тонн проката в год. В 2009 году предприятие приобрела группа Onyx (ОАЭ).

Property abroad

EraUSSR
FunctionIndustry and infrastructure
Present ownerCeylon Steel Corporation Limited (Onyx Group, UAE)
Acquisitionbuilt, 1967
StatusIn use
As of2016-08
According to a report of 18 August 2016, the mill operates as part of Ceylon Steel Corporation Limited, owned by the Onyx Group since 2009.

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