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-electric arc furnace (DRI-EAF) steel plant in Sindh, in Pakistan. Al Tuwairqi Steel Karachi plant operates a direct reduced iron (DRI) and electric arc furnace (EAF).
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the steel plant in Karachi, in Pakistan.
Background
Al Tuwairqi Steel operates a 38MW combined cycle power (CPP) plant with four 6.5MW gas turbines.[1] The plant has been idled completely since 2014 (mothballing process began in 2013).[2]
Plant Details
- Alternative plant names: TSML
- Other language plant name: حديد الطويرقي (Arabic)
- Location: Tuwairqi Steel Mills, FTC, Block D, Shahrah-e-Faisal, Karachi 74400, Pakistan
- GPS Coordinates: 24.789621, 67.353238 (exact)
- Plant status: mothballed[3]
- Start year: 1977[3]
- Closed year: 2013[2][4]
- State-owned entity status: N/A
- Parent company: Al Tuwairqi Holding Co [100%][3][5]
- Parent company PermID: 5000072213 [100%]
- Owner: Tuwairqi Steel Mills Ltd[3]
- Owner company PermID: 5035932965
- Crude steel production capacities (thousand tonnes per annum): 1280.0
- Electric arc furnace (EAF): 1280[4]
- Crude Iron production capacities (thousand tonnes per annum): 1280
- Main production equipment: direct reduced iron (DRI) and electric arc furnace (EAF)[6]
- Detailed production equipment: 1 Midrex DRI plant (1.28 MTPA, began in 2013); EAF (number unknown)[7][6][8]
- Power source: 38MW combined cycle power (CCP) plant[3]
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ Energy, Tuwairqi Steel Mills Limited, Retrieved on: Sep. 14, 2020
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Steel melters urge govt to revive Al-Tuwairqi mill". The News Pakistan. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Tuwairqi Steel Mills Limited". Tuwairqi. Archived from the original on January 11, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Siddiqui, Hussain Ahmad. "Nervousness of steel". The News Pakistan. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
- ↑ "AL TUWAIRQI HOLDING COMPANY". DnB. Archived from the original on January 27, 2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Specifications". Tuwairqi Steel Mills Limited. Archived from the original on March 20, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "2020 Midrex Plant List" (PDF). Midrex. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 20, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
- ↑ "2019 Midrex Plants". Midrex. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
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