Ghadir Iron & Steel plant Yazd

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Ghadir Iron & Steel plant Yazd (شرکت آهن و فولاد غدیر ایرانیان (‎Persian)), also known as Yazd Industrial & Constructional and Meibod (Maybod) Steel Co. (predecessor), is a 800 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) direct reduced iron (DRI) and electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Ardakan, Yazd, Iran.

Location

The map below shows the location of the steel plant in Ardakan, Yazd, Iran.

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  • Location: 25th Km. Ardakan, Naein Road, Yazd, Iran[1]
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 32.389571, 53.750272 (exact)

Background

Electric steel production at Ghadir Iron & Steel stopped sometime between 2015 and the present. USGS reported steel production in 2015.[2]



Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date
operating[1] 2011[3]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

State-owned entity status State-owned entity department Parent company Parent company PermID Owner Owner company PermID
partial[4] Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO)[4] Ghadir Investment Co [33.3%]; Chadormalu Mining & Industriail Co. (CMIC) [33.3%]; Iran Alloy Steel Company [33.3%][4] 5035729783 [33.3%]; GEM0000395 [33.3%]; GEM0000116 [33.3%] Iranian Ghadir Iron & Steel Co.[1] GEM0000117

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
crude DRI[5] yes[6] direct reduced iron (DRI) and electric arc furnace (EAF)[4] 1 Midrex DRI plant (began in 2010); EAF (# unknown)[4]

Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):

Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
800 TTPA[7] 800 TTPA

Table 5: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):

Sponge iron/DRI capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
800 TTPA[4] 800 TTPA

Articles and Resources

References

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  2. 2015 Mineral Yearbook Iran, USGS, Sep. 2018
  3. https://www.igisco.ir/en/about-us. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20210727021935/http://www.igisco.com/en/about-us. Archived from the original on 2021-07-27. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20210616074559/http://igisco.com/en/products/main-products. Archived from the original on 2021-06-16. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://www.igisco.ir/en/component/content/article/2-%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C/2-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%A7. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20221203123205/http://igisco.ir/en/. Archived from the original on 2022-12-03. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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