El Fouladh Steel Plant
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El Fouladh Steel Plant (الشركة التونسية لصناعة الصلب, مركب الفولاذ) is a steel plant in Menzel Bourguiba, Bizerte, Tunisia that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Menzel Bourguiba, Bizerte, Tunisia:
- Location: Tunis Road, km 3
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 37.13763, 9.81281 (exact)
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Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|
| 1962[1] | 869[2] |
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 | Government of Tunisia [100.0%] | 5073627245 [100.0%] | E100001000295 [100.0%] | Government of Tunisia [100%][3] | 5073627245 | E100001000295 [100%] |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | ISO 14001 | ISO 50001 | Responsible steel | Main production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| semi-finished[4] | billet, rounds, galvanized wire, bars[5] | unknown | unknown | unknown | EAF |
Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status1 | Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| announced | 400[6] | 400[6] |
| operating | 200[7][8][9] | 200[7][8][9] |
Table 5: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Sinter | Pellets |
|---|---|
| NF | NF |
Table 6: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Year | EAF production | Total (all routes) |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 73[10] | 73[10] |
| 2025 | 75[10] | 75[10] |
Unit Details
Table 7: Electric Arc Furnace Details
| Unit name | Status | Announced date | Start date | Current capacity (ttpa) | Current size (tonnes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown EAF (1) | operating[9][11] | – | 1962[12] | 100[9][8][7] | 20.0[9] |
| Unknown EAF (2) | operating[9][11] | – | 2009[9][7] | 100[9][7] | 20.0[9] |
| unknown EAF (3) | announced[6] | 2025[6] | – | 100[6] | – |
| unknown EAF (4) | announced[6] | 2025[6] | – | 300[6] | – |
Table 8: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details
| Unit name | Scrap-based |
|---|---|
| Unknown EAF (1) | yes[13] |
| Unknown EAF (2) | yes[13] |
| unknown EAF (3) | unknown |
| unknown EAF (4) | unknown |
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20250924165515/https://www.radiotunisienne.tn/. Archived from the original on 2025-09-24.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.tunisieindustrie.nat.tn/en/salon.asp?action=mask&ident=302.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20251006235049/https://pubs.usgs.gov/myb/vol3/2020-21/myb3-2020-21-tunisia.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2025-10-06.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ http://www.elfouladh.com.tn/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240510200324/http://www.elfouladh.com.tn/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 https://www.assabahnews.tn/ar/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AD/131405-%D8%A5%D9%86%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B0-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D8%A3%D9%85%D8%B1-%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%B6%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%81%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%85%D9%86%D9%82%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D9%84%D9%80%C2%AB%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B0%C2%BB.
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- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 http://www.elfouladh.com.tn/activite.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 "Annual production steel data". Archived from the original on 2025-03-20. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Tunisia to expand steel plant". www.zawya.com. Archived from the original on 2025-09-24. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- ↑ "EL-FOULADH". 2020-03-10. Archived from the original on 2025-09-24. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
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