HyIron Steel Namibia plant , also known as Project GEiSt, HyIron Oshivela Plant, is a steel plant in unknown, Erongo Region, Khomas, Namibia that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) and direct reduced iron (DRI) technology.
Location The map below shows the approximate location of the plant in unknown, Erongo Region, Khomas, Namibia:
Location: NamibiaCoordinates (WGS 84 ): -22.084183, 17.4099154 (approximate)Background HyIron is Africa’s first green hydrogen powered iron plant.[ 1] [ 1]
Ownership Tree This ownership tree is part of the Global Energy Ownership Tracker , a project of Global Energy Monitor.
Low-emissions/green steelmaking This steel plant is associated with a green steel project tracked in the Green Steel Tracker . Details about the project are included below.
Table 1: Green Steel Project Details
All references for the above data are available in the Green Steel Tracker .
Project 1
Project name
Phase 1: HyIron - Oshivela
Company
HyIron
Company has climate goals?
No
Location
Grootfontain, Namibia
Project website
Site
Project scale
Demo
Project status
Operating
Year to be online
2024
Technology to be used
H-DRI
Technology details
Green electricity electrolysis
Iron production capacity (million tonnes per year)
0
Steel production capacity (million tonnes per year)
Not applicable
CO2 capture (million tonnes CO2 per year)
Not applicable
Hydrogen generation capacity (MW)
Not applicable
Investment size (m USD)
31.6
Actual start year
2025
Partners
German Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection
Date of announcement
8/14/2023
Plant Details Table 2: General Plant Details
Announced date
Construction date
Start date
Workforce size
Power source
Iron ore source
Coal source
2022-09[ 2] [ 3]
2023-11[ 4]
2025-04-11[ 4]
3500[ 2]
25 MW solar array; Namibia’s largest industrial battery system (13 MW); 12 MW electrolyzers; wind farm[ 5] [ 2] [ 6]
Dordabis Iron Ore Deposit[ 2]
unknown
Table 3: Ownership and Parent Company Information
Parent company
Parent company PermID
Parent GEM entity ID
Owner
Owner company PermID
Owner GEM entity ID
Lodestone Holdings Group (Namibia) Pty Ltd
unknown
E100001016207
Hyron Africa [100%][ 2] [ 7]
unknown
E100000131186 [100%]
Table 4: Process and ProductsTable 5: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
1 Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status1
Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity
Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
construction
1500[ 8] [ 3]
1500[ 8] [ 3]
Table 6: Plant-level Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)Table 7: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)Unit Details Table 8: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace DetailsTable 9: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Reductant Details
Unit name
Current or initial reductant
Gas reductant
Current or initial hydrogen reductant color
Hydrogen reductant status
Future hydrogen reductant color
unknown DRI - phase 1
gas[ 14]
hydrogen[ 14]
green[ 14]
capable[ 14]
not found[ 14]
unknown DRI - phase 2
gas[ 14]
hydrogen[ 14]
green[ 14]
–
not found[ 14]
unknown DRI - phase 3
gas[ 14]
hydrogen[ 14]
green[ 14]
–
not found[ 14]
Table 10: Electric Arc Furnace Details
Unit name
Status
Announced date
Construction date
Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown EAF (1)
construction[ 15]
2022-09[ 2] [ 3]
2023-11[ 4]
1500[ 3] [ 8]
Table 11: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details
Unit name
Scrap-based
% scrap
% DRI
% HBI
% sponge iron (unknown if DRI or HBI)
% basic/merchant pig iron
% granulated pig iron
% pig iron (unknown if basic/merchant or granulated)
% other iron
unknown EAF (1)
None[ 14]
unknown[ 14]
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
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