African Natural Resources and Mines Kaduna steel plant

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African Natural Resources and Mines Kaduna steel plant, also known as ANRML Kaduna Steel Plant, African Industries Group, is a steel plant in Kagarko, Kaduna, Nigeria that operates direct reduced iron (DRI) and steelmaking technology.

Location

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Location: Gujeni village, Kagarko, Kaduna, Nigeria
Coordinates (WGS 84): 9.462715, 7.368 (exact)

Background

In a detailed news report from January 2026, it was discovered that residents of the agriculture dependent Kagarko local government area of Kaduna State have been experiencing extreme levels of black soot that is coming from the rotary kilns.^[1] Famers can no longer produce fruitful crops as the soil contains dangerous concentrations of lead, arsenic and PM. Waterways are also becoming polluted forcing the community to dig up boreholes. The soot is also negatively impacting the body as residents are forced to shower three times a day and experience exacerbated levels of respiratory issues. In a 2021 Social and Environmental Impact Assessment posted by ANRML it was said that the life expectancy rate of the 20,000 people living in the area is 44 years old.^[2]

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details


Announced date	Start date	Workforce size	Power source	Iron ore source	Coal source
2012^[3]	2024-09-07^[4]^[5]	3500^[6]	36 mw captive power plant^[7]^[4]	ANRML iron ore mine on-site (P100000129459)^[6]^[8]	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
African Industries Ltd	5082505395	E100000131145	African Natural Resources & Mines Ltd [100%]^[3]	unknown	E100000131098 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products


Steel product category	Steel products	Steel sector end users	ISO 14001	ISO 50001	Responsible steel	Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled^[9]	rebar, sections, plate, rod, mesh, pipe, billet, wire^[9]	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	DRI; Steel other/unspecified

Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

¹Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status¹	Other/unspecified steelmaking capacity	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
construction	1000^[10]^[11]	1000^[10]^[11]

Table 5: Plant-level Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

¹Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status¹	Sponge iron/DRI capacity	Nominal iron capacity (total)
operating	1000^[10]^[11]	1000^[10]^[11]

Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)


Sinter	Pellets
NF	5400^[12]

Table 7: Actual Plant-level Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)


Year	DRI production	Other/unknown iron production
2024	unknown	unknown
2025	unknown	unknown

Unit Details

Table 8: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details


Unit name	Status	Announced date	Start date	Furnace type	Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown DRI (1)	operating^[5]	2012^[3]	2024^[5]	rotary kiln^[4]	1000^[11]^[10]

Table 9: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Reductant Details


Unit name	Current or initial reductant	Hydrogen reductant status	Future hydrogen reductant color
unknown DRI (1)	coal (solid)^[6]	unknown	not found

Articles and Resources

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References

↑ "PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 2026-01-26.
↑ "About Us - ANRML". anrml.com. Retrieved 2026-01-26.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125062711/https://anrml.com/about-company.html. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 "About Us". Archived from the original on 2024-05-30. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 https://www.africanindustries.com/media-coverage/fgn-commends-anrmls-600m-investment-in-kaduna-plant/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220124184337/https://anrml.com/project.html. Archived from the original on 2022-01-24. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ https://www.nipc.gov.ng/2020/01/04/aigc-sets-up-600m-steel-plant-in-kaduna/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ "Minister lauds $600m Iron-Ore mining facility in Kaduna – Punch Newspapers". Archived from the original on 2025-04-17. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220320171307/https://africanindustries.com/aig.html. Archived from the original on 2022-03-20. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 ^10.3 ^10.4 https://guardian.ng/opinion/the-kaduna-private-steel-plant-welcome/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 ^11.3 ^11.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20220319100649/https://nairametrics.com/2020/10/19/nigerias-1-5-billion-steel-plant-set-to-produce-1-million-mt-of-steel-annually/. Archived from the original on 2022-03-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220320132310/https://africachinapresscentre.org/2019/12/26/600m-steel-plant-to-take-off-in-kaduna-2020/. Archived from the original on 2022-03-20. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

Resources

Company website

[1] "PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 2026-01-26.

[2] "About Us - ANRML". anrml.com. Retrieved 2026-01-26.

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[autoref_1-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 "About Us". Archived from the original on 2024-05-30. Retrieved 2024-05-29.

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[autoref_5-8] "Minister lauds $600m Iron-Ore mining facility in Kaduna – Punch Newspapers". Archived from the original on 2025-04-17. Retrieved 2025-01-06.

[autoref_6-9] 9.0 ^9.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220320171307/https://africanindustries.com/aig.html. Archived from the original on 2022-03-20. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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[autoref_8-11] 11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 ^11.3 ^11.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20220319100649/https://nairametrics.com/2020/10/19/nigerias-1-5-billion-steel-plant-set-to-produce-1-million-mt-of-steel-annually/. Archived from the original on 2022-03-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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