Chadormalu Mining and Industrial Company Yazd steel plant

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Chadormalu Mining and Industrial Company Yazd steel plant (مجتمع فولاد چادرملو, شرکت معدنی و صنعتی چادرملو), also known as Chadormalu Steel Plant Ardakan, is a steel plant in Ardakan, Yazd, Iran that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) and direct reduced iron (DRI) technology.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Ardakan, Yazd, Iran:

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• Location: Ardakan, Yazd Province, Iran
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 32.387328, 53.747706 (exact)

Background

The Chadormalu iron and steel plant draws on the iron resources of the Chadormalu mines to produce Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) and then steel. Since 2018, it has operated a DRI unit with a nominal capacity of 1.55 million tonnes per year, though production has sometimes exceeded that capacity up to 1.6 million tonnes per year. Steel is produced via an Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) with a capacity of 1.3 million tonnes per year.

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date	Power source	Iron ore source
2017	unknown	Captive Chadormalu mines/CMIC Chadormalu Mine (P100000128563)

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

State-owned entity status	Parent company	Parent company PermID	Parent GEM entity ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner GEM entity ID
Partial	small shareholder(s) [22.8%]; Provincial Investment Co [21.0%]; Mines & Metals Development Investment Co [17.0%]; Retirement, Pension and Disability Fund of Banks [6.3%]; Iranian Mines & Mining Industries Development & Renovation Organization [1.9%]; Justice Shares Broker Co [1.6%]; Mobarakeh Steel Co [1.5%]; Rafeh Capital Development Co [1.1%]; Sepah Bank	not applicable [22.8%]; unknown [21.0%]; unknown [17.0%]; unknown [6.3%]; 5000935267 [1.9%]; unknown [1.6%]; 5001102887 [1.5%]; unknown [1.1%]; 5000066848	E100001015587 [22.8%]; E100001011239 [21.0%]; E100001011682 [17.0%]; E100002022015 [6.3%]; E100000000547 [1.9%]; E100002011231 [1.6%]; E100000001959 [1.5%]; E100002026856 [1.1%]; E100002011718	Chadormalu Mining & Industrial Co [100%]	5062273215	E100001012537 [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	billet, pellets, sinter	unknown	unknown	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)
operating	1200	1200

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)
operating	1586	1586

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

Sinter	Pellets
NF	4000

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	Total (all routes)
2019	1586	unknown	1586
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	Announced date	Start date	Furnace manufacturer and model	Furnace type	Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown DRI (1)	operating	2012	2018	Variah Tarh Pars Midrex	shaft furnace	1586

Table 10: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Reductant Details

Unit name	Current or initial reductant	Gas reductant
unknown DRI (1)	gas	syngas (reformed methane)

Table 11: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Start date	Furnace manufacturer and model	Current capacity (ttpa)	Current size (tonnes)
unknown EAF (1)	operating	2017	Tenova, SMS Comcast	1200	154.0

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)	yes	>0	>0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Resources

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