Egyptian Iron & Steel Company Cairo plant

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Egyptian Iron & Steel Company Cairo plant (شركة الحديد والصلب المصرية), also known as Hadisolb, is a steel plant in Helwan, Cairo, Egypt that operates basic oxygen furnace (BOF) and blast furnace (BF) technology.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Helwan, Cairo, Egypt:

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• Location: Eltabin, Helwan, Cairo, Egypt
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 29.774458, 31.312013 (exact)

Background

The Egyptian Iron & Steel Company plant in Cairo started its operation in 1957. It is considered one of the oldest public sector companies in Egypt. In January of 2021, the government took a decision to liquidate the company due to losses of nearly $450 millions. In August 2025, the Egyptian government announced it was studying the possibility of reopening part of the plant.

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date	Idled date	Retired date	Iron ore source
1957	2021	2021	Baharia mines, Ghorabi, El Hara, Nasser

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
Full	Egyptian Iron & Steel Co [100.0%]	4295866262 [100.0%]	E100000130694 [100.0%]	Egyptian Iron & Steel Co [100%]	4295866262	E100000130694 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category	Steel products	ISO 14001	ISO 50001	Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled	cold rolled, rebar, strip, hot rolled	unknown	unknown	BF; BOF

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	Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
retired	3200	3200

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	Blast furnace capacity	Nominal iron capacity (total)
retired	1400	1400

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

Sinter	Coke	Pellets
3000	NF	NF

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

Year	BOF production	Other/unknown steel production
2019	unknown	unknown
2020	unknown	unknown
2021	unknown	unknown
2022	unknown	unknown

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

Year	BF production	Other/unknown iron production
2019	unknown	unknown
2020	unknown	unknown
2021	unknown	unknown
2022	unknown	unknown

Unit Details

Table 9: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Start date	Retired date	Current size	Current capacity (ttpa)	Decarbonization technology
BF 1	retired	1958	2021	575.0 m3	200	unknown
BF 2	retired	1960	2021	575.0 m3	200	unknown
BF 3	retired	1972	2021	1033.0 m3	500	unknown
BF 4	retired	1977	2021	1033.0 m3	500	unknown

Table 10: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Start date	Current capacity (ttpa)	Current size
unknown BOF (1)	retired	1973	800	90.0 tonnes
unknown BOF (2)	retired	1973	800	90.0 tonnes
unknown BOF (3)	retired	1973	800	90.0 tonnes
unknown BOF (4)	retired	2007	800	–

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Resources

• Company website