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
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Sari, Mazandaran, Iran:
- 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.
Ownership Tree
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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)
| 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 |
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ "Wayback Machine" (PDF). www.oecd.org. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
- ↑ http://faicosteel.com/AboutUs.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 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) - ↑ 4.0 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) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 http://faicosteel.com/En/productshow.aspx?id=10&pid=1.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://karahan.ir/company/fco.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 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) - ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20230408063055/https://www.oecd.org/sti/ind/latest-developments-in-steelmaking-capacity-2022.pdf.
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