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1、IRON,STEELANDBASEMETALPRODUCTIONINMYANMARIntroductionThiscompendiumfocusesonrecentdevelopmentsinMyanmar’smetalcastingandmetalproductsindustries.Attentionisdirectedtothebasemetalsratherthantobronze,gold,andsilverusedintraditionalcraftwork.Littleofageneralnaturehasbeenwrittena
2、boutthebasemetalindustryinMyanmar.Apartfromthreesmallironandsteelmillsoperatedasstateenterprises,amoderncoppercathodeproductionplantataminenearMonywaandfoundriesattachedtoseveralstatefactories,thebasemetalcastingindustryiscarriedoutinscoresofsmallprivateworkshopsthroughoutth
3、ecountry.StatsreleasedbytheMinistryofIndustry-1in1999showedatotalofjustover600privateshopswithatotalof3,700employeesengagedinbasemetalproductionand1,200shopswith6,000employeesmanufacturingbasemetalproducts.AdirectoryissuedbytheMinistryofIndustryin2001liststheproductsmadein30
4、0ofthelargerofthesmallprivatebasemetalproducers.Sheetiron,rolledironandironbarswerebeingproducedin40workshopsandsmelters,ironrodsin35,aluminiumwarein32,andnuts,boltsandnailsin24.140shopsarelistedasproducingsparepartsand/ormachineryandavarietyofmetalproductsintheremainder.Ins
5、ightsintotherunningoftraditionalfamilyoperatedfoundriesinYangonarefoundinKyawNaing’spieceinMyanmarTimesreproducedinthiscollection.OthersmallfoundriesofthistypearetobefoundintheSeinpandistrictofMandalay.Aninterviewwithastainlesssteeljobber,UThanSweofGoldenRoseIndustryinThinga
6、ngyuntownship,paraphrasedfromanarticleinBusinessTank,givesafirst-handimpressionoftheentrepreneurialspiritofthesmall-scalemetalproducerinMyanmar.TheonlymillsinthecountrycapableofprocessingcrudeironarethesmallfactoryatAnisakhannearPyin-U-Lwin,theYwamasteelmillatInseinandthemil
7、lbelongingtothemilitaryownedMyanmarEconomicCorporationnearAunglanincentralMyanmar.Noneofthesecomeclosetomeetingthecountry’sannualconsumptionofmorethanhalfamilliontonsofironandsteel.AsKyawMinHtunnotesinhisstudyofthemachineryindustryinIndustrialDevelopmentinMyanmar:Prospectsan
8、dChallenges:mostoftheprivatefirmsengagedintheindustryuselowqualitysteelandi