Ghadir Iron and Steel Plant Yazd

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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:

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Location: 25th Km. Ardakan, Naein Road, Yazd, Iran
Coordinates (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 tons per year.^[1]

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details


Start date	Power source	Iron ore source
2011-04-20^[2]	On-site power plant^[3]	P100000128563^[3]

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%]^[4]	unknown	E100000131116 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products


Steel product category	Steel products	Steel sector end users	ISO 14001	ISO 50001	Responsible steel	Main production equipment
crude^[5]	DRI^[5]	unknown	yes^[6]	unknown	unknown	DRI

Table 4: 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	1200^[7]^[2]^[8]	1200^[7]^[2]^[8]

Table 5: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)


Sinter	Pellets
NF	>^[3]

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^[9]	1100^[9]	unknown^[9]	1100^[9]

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^[8]	2006^[10]	2011^[8]	Iritec (Iranian) and IRASCO (Italian) Midrex^[3]^[2]^[8]	shaft furnace^[8]	1200^[2]^[7]^[8]

Table 9: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Reductant Details


Unit name	Current or initial reductant	Gas reductant
unknown DRI (1)	gas^[3]	syngas (reformed methane)^[3]

Articles and Resources

Additional data

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References

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Resources

Company website

[1] "رکوردهای تولید مجموعه‌های فولاد غدیر در یکسال جاری جابه‌جا شد". www.ilna.ir. Retrieved 2025-12-03.

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[autoref_6-8] 8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 ^8.3 ^8.4 ^8.5 ^8.6 "2022 World Direct Reduction Statistics" (PDF). Midrex. 2023-09-12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-11-03.

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