Al Ittefaq Arab Steel Dammam plant

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Al Ittefaq Arab Steel Dammam plant (حديد الإتفاق, الشركة العريبة للحديد), also known as ISPC, Arab Steel, ASCO, is a steel plant in Dammam, Eastern, Saudi Arabia that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) and direct reduced iron (DRI) technology.

Location

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  • Location: Dammam, 31472, Saudi Arabia
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 26.277917, 49.949177 (exact)

Background

The Al Ittefaq Arab Steel Dammam plant is owned by Al-Ittefaq Steel, the largest private sector steel manufacturer in Saudi Arabia. Its production facilities delivers reinforced steel bars, billets, DRI, and downstream steel products.[1] The plant began operating in 1989 with a direct reduced iron (DRI) plant and electric arc furnace (EAF) plant as well. Little recent news or information on the plant is available; no environmental noncompliance or safety incidents have occurred at Al Ittefaq steel Dammam plant in recent years.

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Workforce size
1989[2] 350[3]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent GEM entity ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner GEM entity ID
Hilal Al-Tuwairqi [60.0%]; unknown [40.0%] unknown [60.0%]; not applicable [40.0%] E100001016122 [60.0%]; E100000132388 [40.0%] Arab Steel Co [100%][4] 5050911102 E100000131037 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled[5] cold rolled, wire, mesh[5] 2023-01-09[6][7] 2024-04-04[8][9][10] DRI; EAF

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 Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
announced 1900[4][11] 1900[4][11]
operating 2600[4][11] 2600[4][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 1400[12] 1400[12]

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

Sinter Pellets
NF[13] 2500[14]

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

Year EAF production Other/unknown steel production
2019 unknown unknown
2020 unknown unknown
2021 unknown unknown
2022 unknown unknown
2025 >0[15] –[15]

Table 8: 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
2025 >0[15] –[15]

Unit Details

Table 9: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Furnace manufacturer and model Furnace type Current capacity (ttpa)
DRI (1) operating[12] 2007[16] Midrex[17] shaft furnace[17] 700[12]
DRI (2) operating[17] 2007[16] Midrex[17] shaft furnace[17] 700[12]

Table 10: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Reductant Details

Unit name Current or initial reductant Gas reductant
DRI (1) gas[12] syngas (reformed methane)[12]
DRI (2) gas[12] syngas (reformed methane)[12]

Table 11: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name Status Current capacity (ttpa) Current size (tonnes)
unknown EAF (1) operating[4] 1300[11][4] 140.0[18][19][4]
unknown EAF (2) operating[4] 1300[11][4] –
unknown EAF (3) announced[20][4] 1900[11][4] –

Table 12: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name Scrap-based % scrap % DRI
unknown EAF (1) yes[21] 39.20[22][23] 60.80[22][23]
unknown EAF (2) yes[21] 39.20[22][23] 60.80[22][23]
unknown EAF (3) yes[21] 39.20[22][23] 60.80[22][23]

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References

  1. ↑ "Overview | ISPC". www.ispc.com.sa. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220114121736/https://www.ispc.com.sa/Overview.aspx. Archived from the original on 2022-01-14. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220120214302/https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.al-ittefaq_steel_products_company.0e6540fa2243e814555d0b082dcff377.html. Archived from the original on 2022-01-20. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125062325/https://www.ispc.com.sa/Arab-Steel-Co.aspx. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220120112451/https://www.ispc.com.sa/Dammam-D.aspx. Archived from the original on 2022-01-20. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ https://www.ispc.com.sa/Certificate/ApprovalCirtificate2023/ISPC-1/ISPC12.jpg. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220318235529/https://www.ispc.com.sa/certificate/EMS-Certificate-ISPC-1.jpg. Archived from the original on 2022-03-18. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220319043437/https://www.ispc.com.sa/Certifications.aspx. Archived from the original on 2022-03-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ https://www.ispc.com.sa/certificate/ApprovalCirtificate2023/ASCO/ASCOISO50001.jpg. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20250310235351/https://www.sgs.com/en-sa/news/2024/05/national-steel-pioneering-sustainable-production-in-saudi-arabia-with-iso-50001-certification. Archived from the original on 2025-03-10. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 https://web.archive.org/web/20221126162601/https://www.ispc.com.sa. Archived from the original on 2022-11-26. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 12.8 https://web.archive.org/web/20240126000420/https://ncsi.org.sa/ar/team/al-ittefaq-steel-products-company-ar/. Archived from the original on 2024-01-26. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20211021044247/https://www.ispc.com.sa/Process.aspx. Archived from the original on 2021-10-21. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220129220639/https://www.ispc.com.sa/Iron-Parallelization-Plant.aspx. Archived from the original on 2022-01-29. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20251016013254/https://www.thinkgeoenergy.com/strataphy-partners-with-al-ittefaq-steel-to-deploy-geothermal-cooling-in-steel-manufacturing/. Archived from the original on 2025-10-16. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "MIDREX® Plant with 2Q Anniversary". Midrex Technologies, Inc. 2022-06. Archived from the original on 2025-02-20. Retrieved 2024-10-22. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 https://www.midrex.com/tech-article/midrex-direct-reduction-plants-2022-operations-summary/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220320173526/https://www.midrex.com/about-midrex/midrex-plants/. Archived from the original on 2022-03-20. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  19. ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/posts/imran-khan-a7727727_arab-steel-company-dammam-140-ton-dc-eaf-activity-6693403505010458624-J6Ji?trk=public_profile_like_view. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  20. ↑ https://www.seaisi.org/details/25768?type=news-rooms. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20240809191125/https://www.ispc.com.sa/Scrap-Metal-Recycling-Mill.aspx. Archived from the original on 2024-08-09. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 22.5 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240909144506/https://www.ispc.com.sa/ISPCBRE.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-09-09. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20240903161438/https://www.ispc.com.sa/Environmentalmanagement.aspx. Archived from the original on 2024-09-03. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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