ArcelorMittal Sonasid Casablanca steel plant

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ArcelorMittal Sonasid Casablanca steel plant, also known as Sonasid - Nationale de Siderurgie, is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in El Jadida, Casablanca-Settat, Morocco.

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 Casablanca steel plant started operating in 2002. It jointly owned by by ArcelorMittal and Sonasid, a state-owned holding company.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
Operating[1][2] 2002[1] 855[3]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
ArcelorMittal SA [100%] 5000030092 [100%] E100001000348 [5%] ArcelorMittal SA[4] 5000030092 E100000000687

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[5] rebar, wire rod[6] building and infrastructure[7] EAF[1] 1 EAF (began in 2005)[1][4]

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

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status* Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 800 TTPA[1] 800 TTPA[1]

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

Year EAF Production Total (all routes)
2020 500 TTPA[8] 500 TTPA
2021 600 TTPA[2] 600 TTPA
2022 600 TTPA[9] 600 TTPA

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20220922021003/http://www.sonasid.ma/Profil/Activites. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 (PDF) https://corporate.arcelormittal.com/media/3z1ozw5h/arcelor-mittal-fact-book-2021.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://www.mesteel.com/cgi-bin/w3-msql/goto.htm?url=https://www.mesteel.com/countries/morocco/overview.htm. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220320150933/https://barsandrods.arcelormittal.com/mills/sonasid. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. {{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 21 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20220922025743/http://www.sonasid.ma/Produits/Catalogue-produits. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20220319023547/http://www.sonasid.ma/Profil/Strategie. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. (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 31 December 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20231029182836/https://corporate.arcelormittal.com/media/pfwpkrrw/arcelor-mittal-fact-book-2022.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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