Egyptian Sponge Iron and Steel Company Sadat City plant (مصنع الحديد الإسفنجي والصلب بمجموعةبشاي بمدينة الساداتت), also known as ESISCo, is a steel plant in Sadat City, Monufia, Egypt that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) and direct reduced iron (DRI) technology.
Location The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Sadat City, Monufia, Egypt:
Location: 5th Industrial Zone, Sadat City, EgyptCoordinates (WGS 84 ): 30.393079, 30.58773 (exact)Background The Egyptian Sponge Iron and Steel plant in Sadat City has been operating since 2008. It is owned by Beshay Steel group. In September 2022, plant workers went on a strike to protest low wages.[ 1]
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Plant Details Table 1: General Plant DetailsTable 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
National Service Products Organization [24.0%]; Beshay Steel
5000967531 [24.0%]; 5040954607
E100002006462 [24.0%]; E100000131009
Egyptian Sponge Iron & Steel Company SAE [100%][ 4]
5040955029
E100000131010 [100%]
Table 3: Process and ProductsTable 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
1 Please 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
3000[ 4]
3000[ 4]
Table 5: Plant-level Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
1 Please 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
1800[ 4]
1800[ 4]
Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)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
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
Unit Details Table 9: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details
Unit name
Status
Start date
Furnace manufacturer and model
Furnace type
Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown DRI (1)
operating[ 4]
2015[ 7]
Midrex[ 7]
shaft furnace[ 7]
1800[ 4]
Table 10: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Reductant Details
Unit name
Current or initial reductant
Current or initial hydrogen reductant color
Future hydrogen reductant color
unknown DRI (1)
gas[ 7]
not found
not found
Table 11: Electric Arc Furnace Details
Unit name
Status
Announced date
Start date
Furnace manufacturer and model
Current capacity (ttpa)
Current size (tonnes)
unknown EAF (1)
operating[ 4]
2007[ 8]
2009[ 8]
Siemens, SVMT[ 8] [ 3] [ 9]
1500[ 4]
165.0[ 10] [ 11] [ 4]
unknown EAF (2)
operating[ 4]
–
–
Siemens, SVMT[ 3] [ 9]
1500[ 4]
–[ 10] [ 11] [ 4]
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[ 12]
>0[ 13]
>0
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown EAF (2)
yes[ 12]
>0[ 12]
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
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