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Berita A Quarterly Newsletter of Malaysian Iron & Steel Industry Federation

MISIF’s 38th AGM The MISIF 38th Annual General Meeting was held on 24 May 2018 In the MISIF Training Room, Worldwide Business Park, Shah Alam, Selangor. MISIF Council is elected every three years and 2018 was an election year to elect new Council Members for the purpose of appointment of new office bearers for the 2018-2o21 term. All fourteen nominations received for election at the AGM were duly elected as Council Members. The new MISIF Council met immediately after the AGM. During the meeting, Dato’ Lim Hong Thye (Ann Joo Steel Berhad) was elected President. En. Azlan Abdullah and Mr. Mark Lim were elected as the two Deputy Presidents of MISIF. The full list of office bearers and Council Members, including Immediate Past President, Branch Committee Chairmen, Honorary Past Presidents and appointed Council Members can be found on Page 3.

MISIF outgoing President, Dato’

Soh Thian Lai, in his AGM

opening remarks informed that

after helming MISIF since 2012,

it was time to pass the reins to

the next leader. He would

remain in the MISIF Council as

the Immediate Past President.

Despite the numerous

challenges and difficult

situations that the Federation

had to endure over the last six

years under his leadership, the

outgoing President informed of some

noteworthy MISIF accomplishments and

undertakings during his tenure:

Establishment of Malaysia Steel

Council (MSC) to oversee and guide

the development of the industry;

Technical committee of MSC and

Working Group of MSC (WG-MSC);

Establishment of Malaysia Steel

Institute (MSI);

Direct participation of MISIF

representatives in Mesyuarat

Mingguan Besi dan Keluli (MMBK) for

authorities to verify/confirm with local

producers on local production of steel

materials/products before import duty

exemption was given to applicants;

In this Issue

MISIF 38th AGM 1

MISIF’s Council Members 2018-2021 Line-Up 3

Farewell Lunch for Mr. Hideji Uenishi 3

New Member - Ordinary 4

Forthcoming MISIF Events 4

Training Course on “Basic Metallurgy and

Heat Treatment of Steel” 4

Scaffolding Group Meets CIDB 4

Impending Termination of AD Duties on

Imports of Electrolytic Tinplate 4

MISIF Regional Branch AGMs 5

Steel Forecasting Mini-Workshop 5

Berita MISIF Committee/Editorial Committee

Chairman: En. Azlan Abdullah

Secretariat: Mr. Frankie Wee, Ms. Ng Mor Kiang

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Amendments of CIDB Act 520

(Amendment 2011) – gazetted

and enforced on 1 June 2015;

Government policy on

procurement of locally produced

products;

Industry consolidation plan;

Threats from China:

Influx of cheap steel due to

circumvention and unfair

trade;

Over capacity;

Induction furnace.

Promotion of Industrialized

Building System (IBS);

Development of standards and

strict enforcement of regulatory

measures to curtail/prevent abuse

and import circumvention and

dumping of products into the

country.

MISIF:

Establishment of MISIF regional

branch committees (Northern,

Central, Southern and Sarawak)

to service members at the state

level;

Amendments to MISIF M & A to

accommodate the provision of

the following positions in the

federation:

Honorary advisor (s);

Honorary past president;

Additional position of

deputy president;

Two additional positions of

vice presidents.

Attend to issues affecting rising

cost of doing business:

Natural gas price and

electricity tariff;

Foreign worker levy;

Employment insurance

scheme;

Product testing/certification

fees;

Address two HRC safeguard

cases (2011/2015) and a judicial

review by Megasteel (2016/2017);

Corporate social responsibility:

Post flood relief campaign

(Kelantan) by MITI/MSI.

Removal of Temporary

Certificate of Approval (TCOA)

and replacing with mandatory

testing.

New mechanism on treatment of

duty exemptions via introduction

of MISIF/MSA prioritized and

non-prioritized lists).

Enhanced bilateral and regional

cooperation:

ASEAN Iron and Steel

Council (AISC);

South East Asia Iron and

Steel Institute (SEAISI);

Taiwan Steel and Iron

Industries Association

(TSIIA);

Japan Iron and Steel

Federation (JISF);

Thailand Iron and Steel

Industry Club (TISIC);

Vietnam Steel Association

(VSA);

China Iron and Steel

Association (CISA);

Korean Steel Association

(KOSA).

Dato’ Soh also informed that the industry

had been besieged with impediments on

access to export markets through the

following measures:

New import-quota and other technical

regulations on various steel products

by Indonesia;

New steel tariff by United States

under Section 232 of its Trade

Expansion Act 1962;

EU Safeguard investigation on

twenty-six (26) categories of steel

products and;

Malaysia’s duty drawback mechanism

(importation of steel raw materials to

produce finished goods for export

purposes)

On the membership front, Dato’ Soh

informed that the number had increased

from 140 to 143 companies during the

financial year under review.

On the financial side, the outgoing

President informed that MISIF was able to

register yet again a surplus, its fourth

consecutive year of surpluses. Besides

membership subscription fees, additional

revenue had been obtained from activities

such as training courses, annual dinner,

conferences, advertisements and golf.

Dato’ Soh further mentioned that MISIF

was continuing its efforts to improve its

services to members and encouraging the

formation of more sector groups

He expressed his deepest appreciation to

all members, leaders and representatives

of MISIF member-organizations,

colleagues in the MISIF Council and the

Secretariat staff, for the wholehearted

support, contributions and valuable

services in various capacities rendered

during his tenure as President of MISIF. He

called on all members to provide their full

and continued support to the new MISIF

Council.

In his concluding remarks, Dato’ Soh was

confident that the many challenges and

competitions ahead would galvanize MISIF

members and all benevolent stakeholders

to continue working as a team as we move

towards a brighter and sustainable future

for the local steel industry.

The meeting approved minutes of the

Annual General Meeting held on 17 May

2017 and adopted the Report of the Council

and the Statement of Accounts for the

year ended December 2017.

A total of 35 representatives from 33 companies attended the AGM.

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MISIF’s Council Members 2018-2021 Line-Up

President Dato’ Lim Hong Thye

Ann Joo Steel Berhad

Immediate Past President Dato’ Soh Thian Lai

YKGI Holdings Berhad

Honorary Past Presidents Tan Sri Dato’ Soong Siew Hoong Kejuruteraan Wang Yuen Sdn Bhd Mr. Chow Chong Long Southern Steel Berhad

Deputy Presidents En. Azlan Abdullah

Mycron Steel CRC Sdn Bhd

Mr. Mark Lim Sooi San

Hoto Stainless Steel Industries Sdn Bhd

Vice Presidents Mr. Tee Choon Hock

Ji Kang Dimensi Sdn Bhd

Mr. Pongsak Padungkarn

NS BlueScope Malaysia Sdn Bhd

Mr. Cheong Khai Kong

Southern Pipe Industry (M) Sdn Bhd

Mr. Oswald Wolfe Gomez

Bahru Stainless Sdn Bhd

Council Members Mr. Ng Kian Hin

Alpine Pipe Manufacturing Sdn Bhd

Dato’ Lawrence Lim Aun Chuan

Ann Joo Integrated Steel Sdn Bhd

Mr. Ong Soo Seng

Anshin Steel Service Centre Sdn Bhd

Mr. Victor Hii

Asteel Sdn Bhd

Mr. Ivan Chong Fu Seong

Chong Lek Engineering Works Sdn Bhd

Mr. Kenny Ten Ling Piew

CSC Steel Sdn Bhd

Mr. Yeoh Cheng Chye

Eonmetall Technology Sdn Bhd

Mr. Frank Tan Shau Ming

Huatraco Scaffold Sdn Bhd

Mr. Chow Weng Nam

Kong Brothers Engineering Works Sdn Bhd

Mr. Loke Kin Leong

Nicom Steel Service Centre Sdn Bhd

Mr. Yeoh Choon Kwee

Southern PC Sdn Bhd

Mr. Ooi Peng Yeow

Southern Steel Mesh Sdn Bhd

Mr. Mohammed Benjamin bin Sadir

Mohammed

Schaefer Systems International Sdn Bhd

MISIF Working Committee Chairmen

Presidential

Dato’ Lim Hong Thye

Ann Joo Steel Berhad

Conferences and Promotions

En. Azlan Abdullah

Mycron Steel CRC Sdn Bhd

Finance and Establishment

Mr. Pongsak Padungkarn

NS BlueScope Malaysia Sdn Bhd

Energy and Utilities

Mr. Cheong Khai Kong

Southern Pipe Industry (M) Sdn Bhd

Green Technology, Safety, Health &

Environment

Mr. Oswald Wolfe Gomez

Bahru Stainless Sdn Bhd

Human Resource Development

Dato’ Lawrence Lim Aun Chuan

Ann Joo Integrated Steel Sdn Bhd

Industrial and Trade Policies

Mr. Mark Lim Sooi San

Hoto Stainless Steel Industries Sdn Bhd

Industrial Standards

Mr. Ng Kian Hin

Alpine Pipe Manufacturing Sdn Bhd

International Relations

Mr. Chow Chong Long

Southern Steel Berhad

Membership Recruitment and Services

Mr. Tee Choon Hock

Ji Kang Dimensi Sdn Bhd

Farewell Lunch for Mr. Hideji Uenishi

MISIF Council Member and Managing Director of FIW Steel Sdn Bhd, Mr. Hideji Uenishi has completed his term of office in Malaysia and returned to Japan with effect from 1 May 2018. As an appreciation for his contribution and service to MISIF, the Council Members held an appreciation lunch for him on 25 April 2018 at Overseas Restaurant Subang Parade, Subang Jaya, Selangor.

Dato’ Soh Thian Lai on behalf of MISIF presenting a token of appreciation to Mr. Hideji Uenishi.

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Training Course on “Basic Metallurgy and Heat Treatment of Steel” MISIF organized a two-day training course

on "Basic Metallurgy and Heat Treatment

of Steel" on 14-15 May 2018 at Dorsett

Grand Subang, Subang Jaya, Selangor.

This training course was supported by the

South East Asia Iron and Steel Institute

(SEAISI).

The course was conducted by Associate

Professor Dr. Nurulakmal bt. Mohd Sharif

and Dr. Anasyida bt. Abu Seman from

School of Materials and Mineral Resources

Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia

(USM).

This was an introductory course suitable for

those who had little or no technical

background in metallurgy. It was

appropriate for those handling steel

products, including heat treatment or

metal forming process in industry, in order

to have better understanding on what

happens during the process and how it

could be manipulated or improved. Basic

understanding of metallurgical

fundamentals was also significant for

trouble shooting of the process.

A total of 19 participants attended the

course from various steel related

companies.

.

Scaffolding Group Meets CIDB Newly formed MISIF Scaffolding Group

held a dialogue with CIDB Building

Materials Division, CIDB Malaysia on 27

April 2018 in CIDB Malaysia office, PWTC,

Kuala Lumpur.

The meeting was chaired by En. Sazali Che

Amat, General Manager, Building Materials

Division while MISIF was led by Mr. Ng Kian

Hin, interim Chairman of MISIF Scaffolding

Group.

MISIF had requested for this dialogue with

CIDB to discuss:

Progress updates from CIDB on Fourth Schedule;

Enforcement on MS1462 scaffolding products;

Imports of Scaffold Products and COA.

Impending Termination of AD Duties on Imports of Electrolytic Tinplate The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) informed that the anti-dumping duties imposed on imports of electrolytic tinplate originating or exported from the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of Korea was due to expire on 15 November 2018. The subject merchandise is the electrolytic tinplate classified under Harmonised System Code (H.S Code) Number 7210.12.9000.

Under the Customs (Anti-Dumping Duties) (No.3) Order 2013 [P.U. (A) 339/2013], the electrolytic tinplate is subjected to anti-dumping duty rates ranging from nil to 9.78% of the export price from 16 November 2013 to 15 November 2018. Interested parties likely to be affected by the termination of the imposition of the anti-dumping duties are invited to make their views known in writing:

The participants with Dr. Anasyida and Associate Professor Dr. Nurulakmal (centre).

New Member - Ordinary

Ann Joo Integrated Steel Sdn Bhd

Location: Lot 1236 Prai Industrial Estate,

13600 Prai,

Products Manufactured: Liquid hot metal,

pig iron, blast furnace slag, blast furnace

gas and billet

MISIF members with En. Sazali and his officers.

Forthcoming MISIF Events

MISIF 13th Conference on Status & Outlook of the Malaysian Iron and Steel Industry Date: 27 September 2018

Venue: Dorsett Grand Subang,

Subang Jaya, Selangor

Time: 9.00 am – 5.00 pm

2018 Steel Industry Annual Dinner Date: 27 September 2018

Venue: Dorsett Grand Subang,

Subang Jaya, Selangor

Time: 7.30 pm – 10.30 pm

Kindly contact the MISIF Secretariat at

603-55133970 or email to

enquiry@misif.org.my for further

details.

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whether the continued imposition of the anti-dumping duties is necessary to offset the dumping of the subject merchandise; and

whether the injury is likely to continue or recur if the duties were removed.

The views shall be duly substantiated with

sufficient documentary evidence.

Interested parties must present their views

and submit the required information not

later than 30 june 2018.

The submission of the views shall be

addressed to the Director, Trade Practices

Section, Ministry of International Trade

and Industry (MITI).

MISIF Regional Branch AGMs

MISIF regional branch committees conducted their respective annual general meetings as follows:

Sarawak Branch held its 3rd AGM on 9 March 2018 in Asteel Sdn Bhd, Demak Laut Industral Park, Kuching, Sarawak;

Central Branch held its 4th AGM on 10 April 2018 in MISIF Training Room, Shah Alam, Selangor;

Southern Branch held its 4th AGM on 11 April 2018 in Schaefer Systems International Sdn Bhd, Simpang Renggam, Kluang, Johor;

Northern Branch held its 5th AGM on 26 April 2018 in TGS Management Sdn Bhd, Prai Industrial Estate IV, Prai, Penang.

Steel Forecasting Mini-Workshop The South East Asia Iron and Steel Institute

(SEAISI) organized a steel forecasting mini-

workshop on 21 May 2018 in MISIF

Training Room, Shah Alam, Selangor.

The workshop was conducted by Dr. Eldar

Askerov, Head of Strategic Studies, World

Steel Association. The objective of the

workshop was to create better awareness

and understanding on steel demand

forecast. Participants from six SEAISI

country-members attended this event.

Members from the northern branch at the Northern Branch AGM

Mr. Tan Ah Yong, Secretary-General of SEAISI welcoming delegates to the

workshop.

Northern branch members at Nippon Egalv Steel Sdn Bhd