Al Tuwairqi Steel Karachi plant

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Al Tuwairqi Steel Karachi plant (حديد الطويرقي (Arabic)), also known as TSML, is a 1280 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) direct reduced iron (DRI) and electric arc furnace (EAF) idled steel plant in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.

Location

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  • Location: Tuwairqi Steel Mills, FTC, Block D, Shahrah-e-Faisal, Karachi 74400, Pakistan[1]
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 24.789621, 67.353238 (exact)

Background

Al Tuwairqi Steel operates a 38MW combined cycle power (CPP) plant with four 6.5MW gas turbines.[2] The plant has been idled completely since 2014 (mothballing process began in 2013).[3]



Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Closed date Power source
mothballed[4] 1977[5] 2013[6][7] 38MW combined cycle power (CCP) plant[8]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Owner Owner company PermID
Al Tuwairqi Holding Co [100%][9][5] 5000072213 [100%] Tuwairqi Steel Mills Ltd[5] 5035932965

Table 3: Process and Products

Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
direct reduced iron (DRI) and electric arc furnace (EAF)[10] 1 Midrex DRI plant (1.28 MTPA, began in 2013); EAF (# unknown)[10][11][12]

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

Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
1280 TTPA[7] 1280 TTPA

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

Sponge iron/DRI capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
1280 TTPA[10][12] 1280 TTPA

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20220112204419/http://tuwairqi.com.pk/new/contact-us/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-12. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. Energy, Tuwairqi Steel Mills Limited, Retrieved on: Sep. 14, 2020
  3. "Steel melters urge govt to revive Al-Tuwairqi mill". The News Pakistan. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20211227041414/https://tribune.com.pk/story/2335753/tuwairqi-steels-revival-initiative. Archived from the original on 2021-12-27. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220111155830/http://tuwairqi.com.pk/new/about-ath/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-11. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20220318121507/https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/623490-steel-melters-urge-govt-to-revive-al-tuwairqi-mill. Archived from the original on 2022-03-18. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20210115155341/https://www.thenews.com.pk/magazine/money-matters/98269-Nervousness-of-steel. Archived from the original on 2021-01-15. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20220124110545/https://tuwairqi.com.pk/new/energy/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-24. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20220125104314/https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.al_tuwairqi_holding_company.123f13879015b831bc9fdb0fd36f5008.html. Archived from the original on 2022-01-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220124091836/http://tuwairqi.com.pk/new/products/specifications.php. Archived from the original on 2022-01-24. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. https://web.archive.org/web/20220122093145/https://www.midrex.com/about-midrex/midrex-plants/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-22. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. 12.0 12.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20211129195124/https://www.midrex.com/wp-content/uploads/Midrex-STATSbookprint-2020.Final_.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-11-29. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

Other resources

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