Ezz Flat Steel Ain Sokhna plant

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Ezz Flat Steel Ain Sokhna plant (مصنع حديد عز بالعين السخنة, العز لصناعة الصلب المسطح, حديد عز - السويس), also known as EFS, is a steel plant in Ain Sokhna, Suez, Egypt that operates direct reduced iron (DRI) and electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

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  • Location: Al Ain Sokhna Industrial Area, Kilo 44 North West Gulf of Suez, Egypt
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 29.692045, 32.322117 (exact)

Background

The Ezz Flat Steel Ain Sokhna plant started operating in 1998. In 2015, it opened a large integrated DRI-EAF steel production unit, with the DRI unit lauded as the largest of its kind in the world. [1][2] In March 2023, the plant announced the operation of its second Electric Arc Furnace.[3] This expansion adds 1.6 million tonnes in production capacity to the company's portfolio. [4] In November 2024, the new Electric Arc Furnace, number 2, suffered a transformer failure which was expected to stop production for nine months. [5]

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Workforce size Power source
1998[6] 2000[7][8] >0 renewables[9]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent GEM entity ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner GEM entity ID
Ezz Steel Co [64.1%]; unknown [35.9%] 4295866291 [64.1%]; not applicable [35.9%] E100000130695 [64.1%]; E100000132388 [35.9%] Al Ezz Flat Steel Company SAE [100%][10] 5001239760 E100000130961 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled[11] billet, coil, rebar, hot rolled[11] building and infrastructure[12] 2021[13] 2021[13] 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 2880[14][11][15] 2880[14][11][15]

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 1950[14][11] 1950[14][11]

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

Sinter Pellets
NF NF

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

Year EAF production Other/unknown steel production Total (all routes)
2019 unknown unknown –
2020 unknown unknown –
2021 1819[16] –[16] 1819[16]
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 Construction date Start date Furnace manufacturer and model Furnace type Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown DRI (1) operating[11] 2009[6] 2015[6][17] Danieli HYL ENERGIRON III[11][14][18] shaft furnace 1950[11][14]

Table 10: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Reductant Details

Unit name Current or initial reductant Gas reductant Hydrogen reductant status
unknown DRI (1) gas[11] syngas (reformed methane)[11] capable[19]

Table 11: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name Status Announced date Construction date Start date Furnace manufacturer and model Current capacity (ttpa) Current size (tonnes)
EAF 1 operating[11] 2008[20] – 2014[14] Danieli[20] 1280[14] 185.0[11]
EAF 2 operating[11][21] 2022-01 2022 2023[22] Danieli[23] 1600[15][11] 185.0[11]

Table 12: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name Scrap-based % scrap % DRI
EAF 1 yes[11] 20.00[11] 80.00[24]
EAF 2 yes[11] 20.00[11] 80.00[24]

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References

  1. ↑ "Growth History | Ezz Steel". www.ezzsteel.com. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
  2. ↑ "Danieli, Tenova HYL to Supply Energiron DR Plant to EZZ Rolling Mills - Association for Iron & Steel Technology". www.aist.org. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
  3. ↑ Steel, Ezz. "Earnings Releases". Ezz Steel. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
  4. ↑ "Egypt's Ezz Steel plans to operate second melt shop by early 2023". Retrieved 2023-09-26.
  5. ↑ ""مصر للتأمين" تستعين بخبير عالمى لتحديد أضرار مصنع "حديد عز" بالسويس". www.alborsaanews.com. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20221006005834/http://www.ezzsteel.com/about-ezz-steel/growth-history. Archived from the original on 2022-10-06. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230304235159/https://www.ezzsteel.com/. Archived from the original on 2023-03-04. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220120170117/https://www.industrialenergyaccelerator.org/wp-content/uploads/REVISED-18-Nov-EnMS_case-study-021-1.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-20. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ https://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2025/06/10/ebrd-backs-egypts-first-private-to-private-electricity-contracts/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220112160525/https://www.ezzsteel.com/about-ezz-steel. Archived from the original on 2022-01-12. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ↑ 11.00 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 11.10 11.11 11.12 11.13 11.14 11.15 11.16 11.17 11.18 11.19 https://web.archive.org/web/20210423143403/https://www.ezzsteel.com/ezz-steel-plants/suez-steelmaking-plant. Archived from the original on 2021-04-23. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVi0YgToy-c. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220127200901/https://www.ezzsteel.com/about-ezz-steel/quality-assured-steel/certifications. Archived from the original on 2022-01-27. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 (PDF) https://www.danieli.com/media/formato2/da_588.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 https://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2022/06/09/ezz-steel-ranks-top-producer-in-africa-and-arab-region-in-2021/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220610135713/https://dailynewsegypt.com/2022/06/09/ezz-steel-ranks-top-producer-in-africa-and-arab-region-in-2021/. Archived from the original on 2022-06-10. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. ↑ https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrFPIVfkPtoIAIAuw9XNyoA;_ylu=Y29sbwNiZjEEcG9zAzEEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Ny/RV=2/RE=1762526560/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fwww.midrex.com%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2fMidrexSTATSBook2024.Final_.pdf/RK=2/RS=kGpYmQMBD3uIPW9rdLKYmR7kdvA-. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. ↑ https://www.aist.org/danieli,-tenova-hyl-to-supply-energiron-dr-plant-to-ezz-rolling-mills. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  19. ↑ https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/middle-east-direct-reduced-iron-market-report. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 https://www.aist.org/danieli-to-supply-dr-eaf-meltshops-for-suez-steel-and-emirates-steel-industries. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  21. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240123184214/https://aisusteel.org/en/25087/. Archived from the original on 2024-01-23. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  22. ↑ https://www.alborsaanews.com/2024/11/27/1848550. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  23. ↑ https://www.ezzsteel.com/ar/%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AB%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86/%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A9-%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D8%B9%D8%B2-%D8%B4-%D9%85-%D9%85/%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220114002708/https://www.ezzsteel.com/ezz-steel-plants. Archived from the original on 2022-01-14. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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