Ajaokuta Steel Mill

Ajaokuta Steel Mill Company
Company typeState-owned enterprise
IndustrySteel
Founded1979 (1979)
FateIn minimal operation
Area served
Nigeria
Websitewww.ajaokutasteel.com
Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited (ASCL) popularly known as Ajaokuta Steel Mill is a steel mill in Nigeria, located in Ajaokuta, Kogi State, Nigeria.
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Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited (ASCL) popularly known as Ajaokuta Steel Mill is a steel mill in Nigeria, located in Ajaokuta, Kogi State, Nigeria.[1] Built on a 24,000 hectares (59,000 acres) site starting in 1979,[1] it is the largest steel mill in Nigeria, and the coke oven and by-products plant are larger than all the refineries in Nigeria combined.[2] However, the project was mismanaged and remains incomplete 40 years later.[3] Three-quarters of the complex have been abandoned, and only the light mills have been put into operation for small-scale fabrication and the production of iron rods.[4]

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  3. ^ "Adegbite: Conspiracy Led to Failure of Ajaokuta Steel Company - THISDAYLIVE". www.thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  4. ^ "Nigeria: Steel factory will open after 40 years". Al Jazeera English. 16 June 2018.