The plant, licensed in June 2007, was expected to garner the total capital of VND1.76 trillion ($77.9 million), have an area of 26 hectares and to start operation in August 2010 with a capacity of 250,000 tonnes in the first phase and 500,000 tonnes in the second phase.
Ha Tinh Iron and Steel Joint Stock Company (JSC) was the project’s investor, together with two major shareholders, namely Van Loi Company and Hop Thanh Investment and Mineral JSC, both located in Hanoi.
In the 2007-2010 period the project was delayed due to a lack of capital. At the time, various banks having branches in the province lent the investors VND700 billion ($32.1 million) to continue its construction works.
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