BILDCO Abu Dhabi steel plant

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BILDCO Abu Dhabi steel plant (بلدكو, شركة أبو ظبي لتجارة مواد البناء), also known as Abu Dhabi National Company for Building Materials, is a steel plant in Musaffah Industrial Zone, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Musaffah Industrial Zone, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates:

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Location: Musaffah, Musaffah Industrial, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Coordinates (WGS 84): 24.37872, 54.475153 (exact)

Background

The BILDCO Abu Dhabi steel plant was originally announced in 2017.^[1] After a long period of inactivity, with few updates on the plant's progress, the company voted to dissolve and sell all equipment in April 2025.^[2]

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details


Announced date
2017^[3]^[4]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information


Parent company	Parent company PermID	Parent GEM entity ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner GEM entity ID
Abu Dhabi National for Building Materials Co PJSC [100.0%]	4295945522 [100.0%]	E100000130760 [100.0%]	Abu Dhabi National for Building Materials Co PJSC [100%]^[5]	4295945522	E100000130760 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products


Main production equipment
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	1000^[3]	1000^[3]

Table 5: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)


Sinter	Pellets
NF	NF

Unit Details

Table 6: Electric Arc Furnace Details


Unit name	Status	Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown EAF (1)	operating^[6]^[7]	1000^[3]

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)	None	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown

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References

↑ "Steel Industry Capital Investment | 2017 Equipment Capex". www.steelonthenet.com. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
↑ "Results of the General Assembly meeting Abu Dhabi National Co. for Building Materials - Bildco (PJSC)". April 25, 2025. {{cite web}}: line feed character in |title= at position 41 (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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Resources

Company website

[1] "Steel Industry Capital Investment | 2017 Equipment Capex". www.steelonthenet.com. Retrieved 2025-10-31.

[2] "Results of the General Assembly meeting Abu Dhabi National Co. for Building Materials - Bildco (PJSC)". April 25, 2025. {{cite web}}: line feed character in |title= at position 41 (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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