National Steel Complex Limited Karachi Steel Plant
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National Steel Complex Limited Karachi Steel Plant (حديد الطويرقي (Arabic)), also known as TSML, is a direct reduced iron-electric arc furnace (DRI-EAF) idled steel plant in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan:
- Location: Tuwairqi Steel Mills, FTC, Block D, Shahrah-e-Faisal, Karachi 74400, Pakistan
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 24.789621, 67.353238 (exact)
Background
The plant operates a 38MW combined cycle power (CPP) plant with four 6.5MW gas turbines.[1] The steel plant was a joint venture between Al Tuwairqi Holding of Saudi Arabia and POSCO of South Korea.[2] The plant has the capacity to produce 1.28 mtpa of DRI.[2] Phase-I of the DRI plant was completed at a cost of $340 million while fate of phase-II and phase-III were contingent on the commercial success of the DRI plant.[3] The plant was inaugurated in January 2013,[4] but was idled in September 2013 owing to gas tariff issues and the government of Pakistan not granting a concessionary gas tariff.[5][3] In between the plant had produced and sold 60,300 tons of DRI mostly in the domestic market, but sustained an operational loss of $18.6 million in 2013.[6]
A US-based Ciena Group acquired the plant in April 2022, renaming it National Steel Complex Limited (NSCL).[3][7] The possibility of using hydrogen or coal-based syngas is being explored to restart the plant.[8]
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Plant status | Announced date | Construction date | Start date | Idled date | Power source | Iron ore source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mothballed[9] | 2006-06-13[10] | 2011[11] | 2013[11] | 2013-09[12][13][14] | 38MW combined cycle power (CCP) plant[15] | Sohar, Oman[16] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent company GEM ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner company GEM ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Tuwairqi Holding Co [100.0%] | 5000072213 [100%] | E100000130931 [100%] | Tuwairqi Steel Mills Ltd[17] | 5035932965 | E100000130977 |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Main production equipment | Detailed production equipment |
|---|---|
| DRI, EAF[18] | 1 Midrex DRI plant (1.28 MTPA, began in 2013); EAF (# unknown)[18][19][20] |
Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status* | Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| mothballed | 1280 TTPA[13] | 1280 TTPA[13] |
Table 5: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status* | Sponge iron/DRI capacity | Nominal iron capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| mothballed | 1280 TTPA[18][20] | 1280 TTPA[18][20] |
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ Energy, Tuwairqi Steel Mills Limited, Retrieved on: Sep. 14, 2020
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ibne Hassan, Syed (19 April 2013). "Al Tuwarqi group of Saudi Arabia visited NBP head office" (PDF). NBP. Retrieved 27 October, 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Name change for Tuwairqi okayed". The Express Tribune. 2023-10-11. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
- ↑ "TSML: Indigenous Development in Steel Making Process – Pakistan Innovation Foundation". pif.org.pk. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
- ↑ "$600-$700 million potential investment: US-based group in talks to revive TSM". MM Steel Club. Retrieved 27 October, 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Steel melters urge govt to revive Al-Tuwairqi mill". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
- ↑ Subohi, Afshan (2023-09-04). "Reviving an ignored asset". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
- ↑ "Tuwairqi Steel's revival initiative". The Express Tribune. 2021-12-27. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20211227041414/https://tribune.com.pk/story/2335753/tuwairqi-steels-revival-initiative. Archived from the original on 27 December 2021.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240119033155/https://opecfund.org/operations/list/tuwairqi-steel-mills-ltd. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 11.0 11.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230528064215/https://pif.org.pk/indigenous-development-tsml/. Archived from the original on 28 May 2023.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 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 18 March 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20210115155341/https://www.thenews.com.pk/magazine/money-matters/98269-Nervousness-of-steel. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240119045403/https://mmsteelclub.com/600-700-million-potential-investment-us-based-group-in-talks-to-revive-tsm/. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220124110545/https://tuwairqi.com.pk/new/energy/. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.nation.com.pk/29-Sep-2012/40-000-tons-of-steel-raw-material-arrives.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220111155830/http://tuwairqi.com.pk/new/about-ath/. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20220124091836/http://tuwairqi.com.pk/new/products/specifications.php. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220320173526/https://www.midrex.com/about-midrex/midrex-plants/. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 (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 29 November 2021.
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