Ghadir Iron and Steel Plant Yazd (شرکت آهن و فولاد غدیر ایرانیان), also known as IGISCO, Yazd Industrial & Constructional, Meibod Steel Co. (predecessor), Iranian Ghadir Iron and Steel Company, is a steel plant in Ardakan, Yazd, Iran that operates direct reduced iron (DRI) technology.
Location The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Ardakan, Yazd, Iran:
Location: 25th Km. Ardakan, Naein Road, Yazd, IranCoordinates (WGS 84 ): 32.3912, 53.7496 (exact)Background The Ghadir Iron and Steel plant runs a Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) unit which in 2022 was upgraded from a capacity of 0.8 to a capacity of 1.2 million tonnes per year.[ 1] Arfa Iron and Steel Yazd plant , Chadormalu Mining and Industrial Company Yazd steel plant , and Ardakan Steel Yazd plant , and gets its iron from the CMIC Chadormalu Mine and associated pelletizing plant.[ 2]
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Plant Details Table 1: General Plant Details
Start date
Power source
Iron ore source
2011-04-20[ 3]
On-site power plant[ 4]
P100000128563[ 4]
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
Partial
Ghadir Investment Company PJSC; Iran Alloy Steel Co; Iranian Mines & Mining Industries Development & Renovation Organization; Justice Shares Broker Co; Mines & Metals Development Investment Co; Mobarakeh Steel Co; Provincial Investment Co; Rafeh Capital Development Co; Retirement, Pension and Disability Fund of Banks; Sepah Bank; Shahrood Steel Co; small shareholder(s)
5035729783; unknown; 5000935267; unknown; unknown; 5001102887; unknown; unknown; unknown; 5000066848; unknown; not applicable
E100000000543; E100000131115; E100000000547; E100002011231; E100001011682; E100000001959; E100001011239; E100002026856; E100002022015; E100002011718; E100001016092; E100001015587
Iranian Ghadir Iron & Steel Co [100%][ 5]
unknown
E100000131116 [100%]
Table 3: Process and ProductsTable 4: Plant-level Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)Table 5: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)Table 6: 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
2023
unknown
unknown
Table 7: Actual Plant-level Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
Year
BF production
DRI production
Other/unknown iron production
Total (all routes)
2019
–
unknown
unknown
–
2020
–
unknown
unknown
–
2021
–
unknown
unknown
–
2022
–
unknown
unknown
–
2023
–
unknown
unknown
–
2024
unknown[ 10]
1100[ 10]
unknown[ 10]
1100[ 10]
Unit Details Table 8: 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[ 9]
2006[ 11]
2011[ 9]
Iritec (Iranian) and IRASCO (Italian) Midrex[ 4] [ 3] [ 9]
shaft furnace[ 9]
1200[ 3] [ 8] [ 9]
Table 9: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Reductant Details
Unit name
Current or initial reductant
Gas reductant
unknown DRI (1)
gas[ 4]
syngas (reformed methane)[ 4]
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