Ardakan Steel Yazd plant

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Ardakan Steel Yazd plant (مجتمع فولاد اردکان), also known as ARSCO, is a steel plant in Ardakan, Yazd, Iran that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) and direct reduced iron (DRI) technology.

Location

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  • Location: Yazd, 25 km from Ardakan Road to Nain, Next to Ardakan Pelletization, Iran
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 32.373942, 53.759655 (exact)

Background

The Ardakan Steel Complex plant began operations in 2020 with a single Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) unit of the Midrex 800 shaft furnace model.[1][2] The company has plans to expand with another DRI unit and two Electric Arc Furnaces (EAF), but has provided few details.[3] The plant is located directly adjacent to the Chadormalu and Arfa plants, to which it may supply iron.

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Workforce size Power source Iron ore source
2012[4] 650[5] two branch lines with a capacity of 35,000 kW and a power supply from 66 and 132 kV lines[6] unknown

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent GEM entity ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner GEM entity ID
Jahan Profil Pars Co unknown E100001016265 Ardakan Steel Complex Co [100%][7] unknown E100000131100 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Responsible steel Main production equipment
crude[4] HBI, DRI, pellets[4] unknown yes[8] unknown unknown DRI; 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)
announced 1000[4][9] 1000[4][9]

Table 5: Plant-level Crude Iron 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 Sponge iron/DRI capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
announced 0 0
operating 960[10][11] 960[10][11]

Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

Sinter Pellets
NF >[4]

Table 7: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year EAF production Other/unknown steel production
2019 unknown unknown
2020 unknown unknown
2021 unknown unknown
2022 unknown unknown
2023 unknown unknown
2024 unknown unknown

Table 8: Actual Plant-level Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year DRI production Other/unknown iron production
2019 unknown unknown
2020 unknown unknown
2021 unknown unknown
2022 unknown unknown
2023 unknown unknown
2024 unknown unknown

Unit Details

Table 9: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details

Unit name Status Construction date Start date Furnace manufacturer and model Furnace type Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown DRI (1) operating[4] 2012[12] 2020[13][14] Abtin Steel Technology Company; Tam Midrex Model 800[15][12][4][11] shaft furnace[11] 960[11][10]
unknown DRI (3) announced[16] – – – – 0

Table 10: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Reductant Details

Unit name Current or initial reductant Gas reductant Hydrogen reductant status
unknown DRI (1) gas[17] gas (unknown type)[17] unknown
unknown DRI (3) – – –

Table 11: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name Status Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown EAF (1) announced[4][18][9] 500[4][9]
unknown EAF (2) announced[4][18][9] 500[4][9]

Table 12: 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) None unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown
unknown EAF (2) None unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown

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References

  1. ↑ "افتتاح یک واحد تولید آهن‌اسفنجی در مجتمع فولاد اردکان". farsi.iranpress.com. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
  2. ↑ "About us - Ardakan Steel Complex Co". en.arsco-steel.ir. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
  3. ↑ "طرحهای توسعه - شرکت مجتمع فولاد اردکان". www.arsco-steel.ir. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125062738/https://en.arsco-steel.ir/about-us/. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ https://www.iribnews.ir/fa/news/2797271/%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%84-%DB%B6%DB%B5%DB%B0-%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B9-%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ https://engtak.com/en/cases/bilateral-contract-project-of-ardakan-steel-company/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20210929032946/https://www.oecd.org/industry/ind/latest-developments-in-steelmaking-capacity-2021.pdf (PDF). {{cite web}}: Check |archive-url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ https://www.arsco-steel.ir/%d8%af%d8%b3%d8%aa%d8%a7%d9%88%d8%b1%d8%af%d9%87%d8%a7-%d9%88-%d8%a7%d9%81%d8%aa%d8%ae%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%aa/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20240912172715/https://www.oecd.org/en/topics/industry-business-and-entrepreneurship.html. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-09-12. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20240205210246/https://en.arsco-steel.ir/direct-reduced-iron/. Archived from the original on 2024-02-05. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 "2022 World Direct Reduction Statistics" (PDF). Midrex. 2023-09-12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-11-03.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 https://www.tam.co.ir/en/business/mining-industry/ardakan-steel-reduction-plant/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ↑ (PDF) https://www.midrex.com/wp-content/uploads/MidrexStatsBook2024.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ↑ https://farsi.iranpress.com/content/180317/%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AD-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%AF-%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%A2%D9%87%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%81%D9%86%D8%AC%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B9-%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. ↑ https://en.astec.ir/project/direct-reduction-plant-ardakan-steel-complex/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. ↑ https://www.arsco-steel.ir/%d8%b7%d8%b1%d8%ad%d9%87%d8%a7%db%8c-%d8%aa%d9%88%d8%b3%d8%b9%d9%87/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 https://en.arsco-steel.ir/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 https://en.arsco-steel.ir/development-plans/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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