ArcelorMittal Sonasid Jorf Lasfar steel plant

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ArcelorMittal Sonasid Jorf Lasfar steel plant (مصنع صوناسيد للصلب بالجرف الأصفر), also known as Sonasid - Société Nationale de Sidérurgie, is a steel plant in El Jadida, Casablanca-Settat, Morocco that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

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  • Location: ArcelorMittal Sonasid - Jorf Lasfar, P.O.Box 856 and 857, El Jadida, Jorf Lasfar, Morocco
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 33.136529, -8.603555 (exact)

Background

AcrelorMittal Sonasid's steel plant started operating in 2005 in the Jorf Lasfar area, outside of El Jadida. It is jointly owned by by ArcelorMittal and Sonasid, a state-owned holding company.[1]

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Announced date Start date Workforce size Power source
2003[2] 2005[2] 729[3] 90% renewable energy[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
ArcelorMittal SA [100.0%] 5000030092 [100.0%] E100000000687 [100.0%] ArcelorMittal SA [100%][4] 5000030092 E100000000687 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Responsible steel Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled[5] wire rod, rebar, billet, fiber[6][7][8][9] building and infrastructure Expired[4] no[10] unknown 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)
operating 800[11] 800[11]

Table 5: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year EAF production Total (all routes)
2019 500[12] 500[12]
2020 500[13] 500[13]
2021 600[14] 600[14]
2022 600[15] 600[15]
2023 600[16] 600[16]
2024 700[17] 700[17]

Unit Details

Table 6: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name Status Announced date Start date Furnace manufacturer and model Current capacity (ttpa) Current size (tonnes)
unknown EAF (1) operating[18] 2003[2] 2005[19] Danieli and Techint Consteel[20][21] 800[11] 120.0[20]

Table 7: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name Scrap-based % scrap % DRI % HBI % sponge iron (unknown if DRI or HBI) % basic/merchant pig iron % granulated pig iron % pig iron (unknown if basic/merchant or granulated) % other iron
unknown EAF (1) yes[22] 100.00[23] unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown

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References

  1. "Notre histoire". www.sonasid.ma (in français). Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://www.sonasid.ma/fr/notre-histoire. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 https://www.sonasid.ma/fr/publications-financieres/rapports-annuels-. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 https://barsandrods.arcelormittal.com/mill-sonasid. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220121144844/https://factbook2018.arcelormittal.com/~/media/Files/A/Arcelormittal-Factbook-2018/AM_FactBook_2018.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-21. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://www.sonasid.ma/fr/fibre-en-acier. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://www.sonasid.ma/fr/rond-a-beton. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. https://www.sonasid.ma/fr/fil-machine. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. https://www.sonasid.ma/fr/billette. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. (PDF) https://barsandrods.arcelormittal.com/wiresolutions/repo/Barsandrods/2018_BarsandRods_brochure_web_new.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357633606_Physico-Chemical_Characterization_of_the_Electric_Arc_Furnace_Slag_EAFS_of_the_Sonasid-Jorf_Steelworks_-_Morocco. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. 12.0 12.1 "Fact Book 2019" (PDF). ArcelorMittal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-11-03.
  13. 13.0 13.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20211231044946/https://corporate-media.arcelormittal.com/media/w0epovkr/2020-arcelormittal-annual-report.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-12-31. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. 14.0 14.1 (PDF) https://corporate.arcelormittal.com/media/3z1ozw5h/arcelor-mittal-fact-book-2021.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. 15.0 15.1 "Fact Book 2022" (PDF). ArcelorMittal. 2023-04-25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-10-29.
  16. 16.0 16.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240708210939/https://corporate.arcelormittal.com/media/qwghoup1/annual-report-2023_combined.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-07-08. Retrieved 2024-06-27. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. 17.0 17.1 https://corporate.arcelormittal.com/corporate-library/reporting-hub?type=Annual. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. https://www.sonasid.ma/fr. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  19. (PDF) https://media.sonasid.ma/sites/default/files/2024-10/brochure_institutionnelle_1_0.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  20. 20.0 20.1 (PDF) https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/mineral-pubs/country/2003/momyb03.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  21. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281000299_New_track_record_for_Consteel_due_to_new_environment-friendly_features. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  22. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240903160120/https://barsandrods.arcelormittal.com/wiresolutions/repository2/Barsandrods/2018_BarsandRods_brochure_web_new.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-09-03. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  23. https://www.sonasid.ma/fr/chaine-de-valeur. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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