Essar Ras Al-Khair steel plant
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Essar Ras Al-Khair steel plant is a direct reduced iron-electric arc furnace (DRI-EAF) announced steel plant in Ras Al-Khair, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.
Location
The map below shows the approximate location of the plant in Ras Al-Khair, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia:
- Location: Ras Al-Khair, Industrial City, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 27.544749, 49.208103 (approximate)
Background
The Essar Ras Al-Khair steel plant is an announced plant with an expected start date of 2025. In 2023, the company announced a partnership with Vale International to supply iron ore agglomerates for the plant. The Essar plant aims to be the first green steel initiatve in Saudi Arabia. It will consist of a direct reduced iron (DRI) capacity of 5.0 million tonnes per annum (mtpa), comprising two modules of 2.50 mtpa each. Furthermore, the project will include a hot strip capacity of 4.0 mtpa, along with 1.0 million tonnes of cold rolling capacity, as well as galvanizing and tin plate lines.[1]
Low-emissions/green steelmaking
This steel plant is associated with a green steel project tracked in the Green Steel Tracker. Details about the project are included below.
Table 1: Green Steel Project Details
| Project 1 | |
|---|---|
| Company | Essar Global Fund Ltd |
| Location | Ras Al-Khair, Saudi Arabia |
| Project name | Green Steel Arabia (GSA) |
| Project website | Not available |
| Project scale | Full scale |
| Project status | Announced |
| Year to be online | 2027 |
| Technology to be used | NG-DRI |
| Technology details | Based on gas but it would be ready to use green hydrogen when prices are viable |
| Iron production capacity (million tonnes per year) | 5 |
| Steel production capacity (million tonnes per year) | 5 |
| CO2 capture (million tonnes CO2 per year) | Not applicable |
| Hydrogen generation capacity(MW) | Not applicable |
| Investment size | 4500 |
| Partners | Bahrain Steel |
| Date of announcement | 2023-08-17 |
Plant Details
Table 2: General Plant Details
| Plant status | Announced date | Construction date | Start date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Announced[2][3] | 2021-10[2] | 2024[4] | 2025[2] |
Table 3: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner company GEM ID |
|---|---|---|
| Essar Global Fund Ltd[5] | 5000026125 | E100000000510 |
Table 4: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Main production equipment | Detailed production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|
| semi-finished; finished rolled[6] | slab; hot-rolled coil[6] | DRI, EAF[5] | 2 DRI plants, 2 EAF[7] |
Table 5: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status* | Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| announced | 4000 TTPA[2][5][2][5] | 4000 TTPA[2][5][2][5] |
Table 6: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status* | Sponge iron/DRI capacity | Nominal iron capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| announced | 5000 TTPA[2][8][2][8] | 5000 TTPA[2][8][2][8] |
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ "Vale International enters into a LOI for Supplying Iron Ore Agglomerates to Essar Group's KSA Green Steel Project - Essar". Essar. 2023-09-07. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125063350/https://www.essar.com/essar-eyes-end-2025-saudi-plant-commissioning/. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230321143804/https://www.essar.com/essar-returns-to-steel-biz-with-8-bn-investment/. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20231031104647/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-25/essar-to-start-work-on-4-billion-saudi-steel-plant-from-2024. Archived from the original on 31 October 2023.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 https://www.aist.org/news/steel-news/2021/december/essar-group-completes-land-deal-for-saudi-arabian.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20211225155422/https://metalexpert.com/en/news/htmlinetnewsbus?head=Saudi-Arabia-takes-decisive-step-in-development-of-new-flat-steel-production-complex&unid=1920114708EB4C54C22587AD007D32D0Q. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.kallanish.com/en/news/steel/market-reports/article-details/saudi-arabia-allocates-land-for-hrc-plant-1221/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240124204531/https://ieefa.org/media/4116/download?attachment. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024.
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