Ahya Steel Folad Baft Company DRI plant
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Ahya Steel Folad Baft Company DRI plant (شرکت احیاء استیل فولاد بافت, کارخانه فولاد بافت), also known as Ehya Steel, Ihya Steel, Baft Steel Company, is a steel plant in Baft, Kerman, Iran that operates direct reduced iron (DRI) technology.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Baft, Kerman, Iran:
- Location: Kilometer 12 of Baft - Sirjan Highway, Kerman, Iran
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 29.289109, 56.490707 (exact)
Background
Ahya Steel Folad Baft Company is one of the largest producers of Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) in Iran.[1] The primary contractor for its construction was Khatam al-Anbiya Construction, part of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).[2] Its first phase, launched in 2019, has a production capacity of 800,000 tons per year, and a second phase, which began in 2023, doubles its capacity to 1.6 million tons annually. The facility uses PERED technology, a DRI method developed domestically in Iran.[3]
In February 2025, the plant drastically reduced production and shut down the second DRI unit due to electricity shortages.[2] In June 2025, a 40 MW solar power plant opened to supply electricity for the plant, and production restarted.[4] In 2026, national officials praised the plant for having reduced consumption of gas and increased efficiency to the best level of all DRI units in the country.[5]
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Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Announced date | Construction date | Start date | Workforce size | Power source | Iron ore source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007[6] | 2007-08[7] | 2019[8][7] | 700[9][6] | 40 MW onsite solar plant[10] | unknown |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| State-owned entity status | Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent GEM entity ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner GEM entity ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partial | Bank of Industry and Mine (Iran); Tourism Financial Group | 5000039509; unknown | E100001012523; E100001016229 | Ahya Steel Folad Baft Co [100%][11] | unknown | E100001012522 [100%] |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | ISO 14001 | ISO 50001 | Responsible steel | Main production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| crude[8] | DRI[12][8] | automotive, building and infrastructure[6] | yes[13][14] | unknown | unknown | DRI |
Table 4: Plant-level Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status1 | Sponge iron/DRI capacity | Nominal iron capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| operating | 1600[7][11][14][15] | 1600[7][11][14][15] |
Table 5: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Sinter | Pellets |
|---|---|
| NF | >0[16] |
Table 6: Actual Plant-level Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Year | DRI production | Other/unknown iron production |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | unknown | unknown |
| 2020 | unknown | unknown |
| 2021 | unknown | unknown |
| 2022 | unknown | unknown |
Unit Details
Table 7: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details
| Unit name | Status | Construction date | Start date | Furnace manufacturer and model | Furnace type | Current capacity (ttpa) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DRI No. 1 | operating[7] | 2007[7] | 2019[8][7] | Khatam al-Anbiya Construction PERED[6][17][18] | shaft furnace[18] | 800[15][7] |
| DRI No. 2 | operating[19][8] | 2019-01[11] | 2023[20] | Khatam al-Anbiya Construction PERED[6][19] | shaft furnace[18] | 800[11][14] |
Table 8: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Reductant Details
| Unit name | Current or initial reductant | Gas reductant | Hydrogen reductant status |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRI No. 1 | gas[21] | syngas (reformed methane)[21] | capable |
| DRI No. 2 | gas[15] | syngas (reformed methane)[15] | capable[19] |
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References
- ↑ "Ihya Steel Foulad Baft – Khwarizmi Technology Development Company". khwarizmico.com. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "فولاد بافت؛ رویایی که به واقعیت پیوست | صدای زرند | صدای زرند". sedayezarand.ir. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
- ↑ "Commissioning of Baft Steel DRI No. 2 using Khwarizmi catalysts – Khwarizmi Technology Development Company". khwarizmico.com. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
- ↑ "شروع مجدد فعالیت شرکت احیا استیل فولاد بافت تامین برق پایدار". borna.news. Retrieved 2025-11-07.
- ↑ "تقدیر معاون بهره‌برداری شرکت ملی فولاد ایران از فولاد بافت به دلیل اجرای پروژه بهینه‌سازی". tejaratnews.com. Retrieved 2026-10-07.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 https://sedayezarand.ir/146383/%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%9B-%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%B9%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA/.
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20240227073715/https://baft-steel.com/news/Baft_steel.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240221184641/https://khwarizmico.com/en/customers/steel/revitalization-of-woven-steel/. Archived from the original on 2024-02-21. Retrieved 2025-08-27.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://borna.news/fa/news/2233827/%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B9-%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%AF%D8%AF-%D9%81%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%B4%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D8%AD%DB%8C%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%84-%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AA-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%82-%D9%BE%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 https://baft-steel.com/about_us.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240221184607/https://pubs.usgs.gov/myb/vol3/2019/myb3-2019-iran.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-02-21.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240221184841/https://baft-steel.com/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240617171019/https://baft-steel.com/about_us.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20240227073710/https://baft-steel.com/product-introduction.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://en.eghtesadonline.com/en/news/785014/baft-steel-company-launches-dri-production-plant.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://fouladbaft.com/Pages/%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%AD%DB%8C%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%84-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AA.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 "2022 World Direct Reduction Statistics" (PDF). Midrex. 2023-09-12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-11-03.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 "Commissioning of Baft Steel DRI No. 2 using Khwarizmi catalysts". Archived from the original on 2025-09-30.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240221183932/https://baft-steel.com/news/Baft_steel. Archived from the original on 2024-02-21.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 21.0 21.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240221185103/https://baft-steel.com/product-introduction. Archived from the original on 2024-02-21.
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