Groot Suisse Oshana steel plant

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Groot Suisse Oshana steel plant is a 3000 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant under construction in Ongwediva, Oshana, Namibia.

Location

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  • Location: Groot Systems (Pty) Ltd., PO Box 3891, Ongwediva, Oshana, Namibia[1]
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): -17.777380, 15.763281 (approximate)

Background

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Proposed date Construction date Start date
construction[2] 2019[3] 2020[4] 2022[2]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Owner Owner company PermID
Groot Group [100%][5] GEM0000310 [100%] Groot Suisse Ltd.[6] GEM0000051

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[7] billet, rebar, wire rods[7] electric arc furnace (EAF)[8] EAF (# unknown)[8]

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

Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
3000 TTPA[9][10] 3000 TTPA

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  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20220122092726/https://www.grootgroup.com/pressroom/contact/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-22. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 (PDF) https://www.oecd.org/industry/ind/latest-developments-in-steelmaking-capacity-2022.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  8. 8.0 8.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220111173338/https://www.oecd.org/industry/ind/latest-developments-in-steelmaking-capacity-2021.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-11. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  10. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220620050509/https://www.grootgroup.com/steel/docs/grootsteel.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-06-20. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)