Basic Metal Products Industry

Malaysia's basic metal industries, which include the iron & steel industries and the non-ferrous metal industries,
have seen significant developments since the last three decades in tandem with the overall growth of the Malaysian
economy.Iron & Steel
The Malaysian iron & steel industries sector cover the primary steel products like direct reduced iron, hot briquetted
iron, blooms/slabs and steel billets and a very wide range of down stream flat and long products like hot rolled coils,
cold rolled coils, coated steel coils, roofing sheets, steel pipes and sections, steel billets, steel bars, wire rods, wire
mesh, hard drawn wires, galvanised wires, steel wire ropes, steel wire products, stainless steel pipes/pipes fittings
and stainless steel wire and fasteners. There are currently 330 companies producing these products with annual
output of RM28.2 billion with employment of 32,900 workers.
The iron & steel industries provide an important linkage in the form of supply of basic raw materials and
components to other sectors of the Malaysian economy, especially the construction industry, electrical/electronic
industry, automotive industry, furniture industry, machinery industry and engineering fabrication industry.
Non-Ferrous Metals
The non-ferrous metal sectors in Malaysia cover products like tin, aluminium, copper, zinc, and lead. However the
main players are the aluminium industries which produce aluminium sheets/foils, aluminium finstock, aluminium
ingots (recycled), aluminium rods and aluminium extruded profiles, the copper industries which produce copper
rods/wires, copper strips, copper tubes/extrusions and tin metal. There are currently 60 companies in the
non-ferrous metal sectors with annual output of RM 7.3 billion with employment of 9,700 workers.
The non-ferrous metal industries provide linkage mainly to the construction industry, electrical/electronic industry,
automotive industry, food and packaging industry.
IMP3 STRATEGIC THRUSTS
The recently launched Third Industrial Master Plan 2006-2020 (IMP3) had identified six strategic thrusts to further
enhance the development of the iron & steel industry:
Enhancing the competitiveness of the iron & steel industry to support the growth of the manufacturing and
construction sectors; Sustaining and expanding the exports of iron & steel products for existing and new markets