Formosa Ha Tinh Steel
steel plant in Hà Tĩnh province, Vietnam
Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation (Chinese: 台塑河靜鋼鐵興業責任有限公司, Vietnamese: Công ty TNHH Gang Thép Hưng Nghiệp Formosa Hà Tĩnh, abbr. FHTS) is a steel plant established in the Vung Ang Economic Zone, Vietnam by the Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Company under the backing of the Taiwanese conglomerate Formosa Plastics Group.
Development of the plant began in the 2010s. Steel production started in May 2017.
History
Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation was formed in 2008 to establish a large iron and steelmaking plant at a deepwater port in Vietnam. The primary investor and developer was Formosa Plastics Group of Taiwan.
In 2010, 3,300 hectares (33 km2) of land in Kỳ Anh district was allocated to the development company (Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Co) by Hà Tĩnh province. Initially statements by the company estimated a $15 billion development cost to install 7.5 million tons pa steel capacity. In 2012 the developer Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Co estimated an increased project of $22 billion. Governmental incentives for the plant included low taxation in imported capital goods, low land taxes, and the development of infrastructure supporting the project.
“Formosa Ha Tinh Steel” enters the record as steel plant in Hà Tĩnh province, Vietnam. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Formosa, Tinh and Steel can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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