Aceria Angola Bengo steel plant , also known as ADA Steel, is a steel plant in Barra de Dande, Bengo, Angola that operates induction furnace (IF) technology.
Location The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Barra de Dande, Bengo, Angola:
Location: Barra de Dande, Bengo, AngoloaCoordinates (WGS 84 ): -8.5824, 13.405271 (exact)Background This is the first steel mill in Angola (and the largest in Central and West Africa), it cost $300 million to build.[ 1]
Ownership Tree This ownership tree is part of the Global Energy Ownership Tracker , a project of Global Energy Monitor.
Plant Details Table 1: General Plant Details
Construction date
Start date
Workforce size
Power source
Iron ore source
Coal source
2013[ 2]
2015[ 2] [ 3]
600[ 4]
50 km transmission line (220kV electricity)[ 2]
unknown
unknown
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
Parent company
Parent company PermID
Parent GEM entity ID
Owner
Owner company PermID
Owner GEM entity ID
Sa Machado Lda
unknown
E100002003632
Ada - Aceria De Angola SA [100%][ 2]
unknown
E100000131097 [100%]
Table 3: Process and ProductsTable 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
1 Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status1
Induction furnace steelmaking capacity
Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating
500[ 2]
500[ 2]
Table 5: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)Table 6: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
Year
EAF production
Other/unknown steel production
2019
–
unknown
2020
–
unknown
2021
–
unknown
2022
–
unknown
2023
–
unknown
2024
unknown
unknown
2025
–
unknown
Unit Details Table 7: Induction Furnace Details
Unit name
Status
Construction date
Start date
Furnace manufacturer and model
Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown IF (1)
operating[ 3]
2013[ 2]
2015[ 2] [ 3]
Danieli[ 2]
500[ 2]
Table 8: Induction Furnace Feedstock Details
Unit name
Scrap-based
% scrap
% DRI
% HBI
% sponge iron (unknown if DRI or HBI)
% basic/merchant pig iron
% granulated pig iron
% pig iron (unknown if basic/merchant or granulated)
% other iron
unknown IF (1)
yes[ 2] [ 5]
>0[ 6]
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
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