Thai steelmakers call for stricter manufacturing rules

PUBLISHED : 22 Aug 2026 at 05:08 Steel products manufactured with electric arc furnace technology by Tata Steel (Thailand), ensuring higher quality and structural reliability. Thailand's steel sector faces a pivotal moment as domestic producers press the government to accelerate stricter quality controls on induction furnace (IF) steel, which they say is critical to advancing the shift towards electric arc furnace (EAF) and ladle furnace (LF) technologies, in line with global standards..noitaicossA edarT leetS gnoL dradnatS eht fo rebmem eettimmoc a ,gnaurgnuroH tiwarP dias ,ytefas gnidliub ot sksir esop taht stcudorp dradnatsbus ni gnitluser ,leets eht ni deppart niamer secnatsbus esehT .norob dna surohpsohp ,ruhplus sa hcus seitirupmi lufmrah evomer ot yrassecen smsinahcem gninifer lacimehc eht skcal FI ,sessecorp FL dna FAE ekilnU .stifeneb latnemnorivne dna ycneiciffe retaerg gnireffo ,leets diuqil otni parcs leets dilos tlem ot scra cirtcele lufrewop gnisu ,gnikamleets ni drawrof pael tnacifingis a stneserper ygolonhcet FAE .gnitsac erofeb ytilauq dna ycnetsisnoc gnirusne ,erutarepmet dna noitisopmoc lacimehc ot stnemtsujda esicerp swolla FL ehT .noitats gninifer a sa stca hcihw ,FL ot derrefsnart si leets eht ,detlem ecnO .dias tiwarP rM ",stcudorp leets dradnatsbus htiw detaicossa sksir gnicuder dna ytefas larutcurts gnidliub gnitavele si ygolonhcet leets FAE" .rotces noitcurtsnoc s'dnaliahT ni leets FI ytirupmi-hgih gnisu fo sregnad laitnetop eht dna ytilauq leets tuoba snrecnoc gniworg stcelfer evom ehT .8202 yb ygolonhcet FI gninnab no yduts ytilibisaef a gnitcudnoc si tnemnrevog eht decnuonna yltnecer ahcra-apliS tuwaraV retsiniM yrtsudnI .snoitarepo dna stnemtsevni rieht tpursid ylereves dluoc nab a raef yehT .srotsevni esenihC ot desael yldetroper tub ,denwo-iahT era srehto elihw ,serutnev tnioj esenihC-iahT era sessenisub eseht fo ynaM .yrtnuoc eht ni srotarepo leets FI 11 ylhguor gnoma yteixna dekraps lasoporp eht ,revewoH .dnaliahT fo egnahcxE kcotS eht no detsil lareves htiw ,wal iahT rednu dehsilbatse yllagel seinapmoc ngierof ro denwo-iahT yltnanimoderp era seigolonhcet FL dna FAE gnisu srotarepO .noititepmoc riafnu morf yrtsudni citsemod eht tcetorp dna dleif gniyalp eht level dluow snoitaluger retcirts eugra smrif esehT .stnemitnes eseht deohce ,rekamleets tsegral s'aidnI fo yraidisbus a ,clP )dnaliahT( leetS ataT fo evitucexe feihc dna tnediserp ,yednaP garunA .noitcudorp citsemod sa sdradnats emas eht steem leets detropmi taht erusne dna gnikamleets FI no snoitaluger retcirts ecrofne ot tnemnrevog eht degru eH .dias yednaP rM ,%03 naht ssel ot nwod noitasilitu yticapac yrotcaf gniggard ,srerutcafunam lacol tucrednu taht stropmi leets tsoc-wol fo doolf a secaf dnaliahT .dias eh ",noitacilppa dna tekram hcae fo sdeen eht tcelfer tsum seciohc ygolonhcet taht sesingocer leetS ataT" ".noitcerid mret-gnol sti sa ygolonhcet FAE ot dettimmoc sah ynapmoc eht ,snoiger emos ni esu ni sniamer FI elihW" .sdnert elbaniatsus htiw ngila ot ygetarts labolg sti gnirocsrednu ,eporuE dna aidnI ni ygolonhcet FAE ni ylivaeh tsevni ot seunitnoc leetS ataT .ytilauq leets rof snoitaluger etutitsnI sdradnatS lairtsudnI iahT wen fo tfard eht ssucsid ot 71 guA no gniraeh cilbup a dleh tnemnrevog ehT .tekram eht fo tuo dehsup gnieb raef ohw srecudorp rellams htiw gnihsalc sdradnats ytefas retcirts fo setacovda htiw ,etabed esnetni detingi noisses ehT KEYWORDS Thai steel industry Steel manufacturing standards Eaf steel technology Construction safety thailand Tata steel thailand Industrial regulation Steel import policy