OM Materials sinter plant to begin operations soon

OM Sarawak, a 75:25 joint venture between ASX-listed OM Holdings Ltd and Cahya Mata Sarawak Bhd, has set aside A$20mil (RM57.6mil) as capital expenditure for the construction of the sinter plant with auxilliary facilities, a laboratory, offices and canteen

KUCHING: OM Materials (Sarawak) Sdn Bhd’s (OM Sarawak) ferroalloy smelting plant in Samalaju Industrial Park, Bintulu, will be able to reduce the production cost of manganese alloys when its new sinter plant is commissioned soon.

The sinter plant project, which is expected to be completed by September, will have an annual production capacity of 250,000 tonnes.