SUPP Bintulu delegation visits OM Materials Sarawak
BINTULU: Tanjong Batu rep Johnny Pang Leong Ming led a delegation from the Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Bintulu branch on a visit OM Materials (Sarawak) Sdn Bhd in Samalaju yesterday (May 3) to push Bintulu into becoming an industrialised economy. The purpose of the visit was to expose SUPP Bintulu members to the operations […]
Samalaju Industrial Park selected by Latrobe Magnesium for new plant
KUCHING: Latrobe Magnesium Ltd, an Australian public-listed company, has chosen Samalaju Industrial Park in Bintulu as the preferred site for its magnesium plant project, which will have an annual production capacity of 100,000 tonnes. This was confirmed by Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan, who added that the investors were attracted to Sarawak […]
OM Materials expected to maintain production
KUCHING: OM Materials (Sarawak) Sdn Bhd’s (OM Sarawak) ferroalloy smelting plant in Samalaju Industrial Park, Bintulu is expected to produce between 320,000 to 370,000 tonnes of ferrosilicon (FeSi) and manganese alloy products in 2023. In 2022, the plant’s estimated production output was around 360,000 tonnes. “Eight furnaces to undergo major maintenance works in phases throughout […]
Samalaju cuts turnaround time to four days
BINTULU: The Samalaju Port has managed to resolve the issue of its cargo ship turnaround time from 20 days to about four days. And Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas is particularly pleased with its achievement, where the issue was resolved in October last year, earlier than the given timeframe. In August last year, […]
Rep pays working visit to Samalaju Port
BINTULU: Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Port Development who is also Samalaju assemblyman, Datuk Majang Renggi, yesterday paid a working visit to Samalaju Port. Accompanying Majang was Murum assemblyman Kennedy Chukpai Ugon, permanent secretary of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Port Development, Chiew Chee Yau, and other officials from the ministry. During the working visit, […]
Korean firm expresses interest in green energy initiative
KUCHING: OCIM Sdn Bhd, a company from South Korea based in Samalaju Industrial Park has expressed their interest to be on board with the Sarawak government in realising the green energy exploration initiative. In making this statement, its president and chief executive officer Steve Choi said this is in line with their business prospects in […]
Higher exports from Sama Jaya and Samalaju
TOTAL exports of investors in Sama Jaya and Samalaju for the first 10 months of this year have exceeded last year’s export figures. International Trade Industry and Investment Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan said that from January to October 2022, Sama Jaya recorded total exports of RM7.14 billion compared to RM7.02 billion for […]
RM1.7 bln for epoxy material factory
BINTULU: Samalaju Industrial Park received an RM1.7 billion joint-venture investment from OCI Group and Korea Kumho Petro Chemical Group in the production of epichlorohydrin (ECH). Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan said the latest investment is a testament to the high level of confidence investors have in the Sarawak Government led by Premier […]
Samalaju Port welcomes vessel carrying rock phosphate
BINTULU: Samalaju Industrial Port Sdn. Bhd. (SIPSB) recently received its first call from a vessel carrying rock phosphate at its Samalaju Port near here. MV Amstel Tiger, the 200-metre-long ship from China, carried a load of about 28,713 tonnes. It berthed at the Handymax Terminal on Aug 24. Rock phosphate is one of the main […]
OCIKUMHO to produce epichlorohydrin in Sarawak
KUALA LUMPUR: OCIKUMHO Sdn Bhd, a joint venture between OCIM Sdn Bhd and South Korea-based Kumho P&B Chemical Inc, will manufacture epichlorohydrin (ECH) at the Samalaju Industrial Park in Sarawak, the first ECH project in Malaysia. OCIM is a unit of South Korea’s OCI Company. The Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) said the manufacturing of ECH in Malaysia would strengthen […]
