Iranian Alborz Steel Mazandaran plant

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Iranian Alborz Steel Mazandaran plant (شرکت فولاد البرز ایرانیان), also known as Foolad Alborz Iranian Co, Iranian Alborz Steel, FAICO, is a steel plant in Sari, Mazandaran, Iran that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

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  • Location: Alborz Iranian Steel Complex, Sari, Mazandaran province, 15 km from Sari road to Mashhad, Iran
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 36.614049, 53.234213 (exact)

Background

The Iranian Alborz steel plant began construction in 2013, and is set to include an Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) with 0.8 million tons per year in steel capacity.[1] There have been few updates about the status of this project in the years since.

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Construction date Power source
2013[2] power station (230/20 KW)[3]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent GEM entity ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner GEM entity ID
Iranian Alborz Steel Co [100.0%] unknown [100.0%] E100000131108 [100.0%] Iranian Alborz Steel Co [100%][4] unknown E100000131108 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Responsible steel Main production equipment
finished rolled[5] rebar, beam, corners[5] building and infrastructure[3] yes[6][7] unknown[7] unknown EAF

Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel 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 Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
announced 800[4] 800[4]

Unit Details

Table 5: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name Status Announced date Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown EAF (1) announced[4] 2022[8] 800[4]

Table 6: 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 unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown

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References

  1. "Wayback Machine" (PDF). www.oecd.org. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
  2. http://faicosteel.com/AboutUs. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125062946/http://faicosteel.com/En/Pages.aspx?lan=7&name=about. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20240912172715/https://www.oecd.org/en/topics/industry-business-and-entrepreneurship.html. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-09-12. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 http://faicosteel.com/En/productshow.aspx?id=10&pid=1. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://karahan.ir/company/fco. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220706091438/http://faicosteel.com/En/Pages.aspx?lan=7&name=certificates. Archived from the original on 2022-07-06. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20230408063055/https://www.oecd.org/sti/ind/latest-developments-in-steelmaking-capacity-2022.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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