Gulf Tubing Company Ras Al-Khair steel plant

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Gulf Tubing Company Ras Al-Khair steel plant (شركة الأنابيب الخليجية (Arabic)), also known as GTC, is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant under construction in Ras Al-Khair, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.

Location

The map below shows the approximate location of the plant in Ras Al-Khair, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia:

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  • Location: Ras Al-Khair, Industrial City, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 27.502041, 49.189647 (approximate)

Background

The Gulf Tubing Company Ras Al-Khair steel plant currently under construction. It is expected to include an electric arc furnace (EAF) with a capacity of 630 ttpa.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Announced date Workforce size
Construction[1] 2014[2] 700[3]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
SMS Holding GmbH [50.0%]; Vitkovice Heavy Machinery As [50.0%] 5035469416 [50%]; 4297607880 [50%] E100000130972 [50%]; E100000130837 [50%] Gulf Tubing Co[4] 5043319566 E100000131016

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[1] billets; OCTG; line pipes; tubes; flanges; valves[1] building and infrastructure; energy; tools and machinery[1] EAF[5] EAF (# unknown)[5]

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

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status* Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
construction 630 TTPA[1] 630 TTPA[1]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20220318133542/https://gulf-tubing-company.com/ras-al-khair-gtc/. Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. https://www.freightmidpoint.com/fmlatestnews/3009876. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20230119225650/http://www.gulf-tubing-company.com/. Archived from the original on 19 January 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20220319033302/https://gulf-tubing-company.com/about-us/. Archived from the original on 19 March 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 (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 11 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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