Kurdistan Steel Qorveh steel plant (شرکت صنایع فولاد کردستان, ایمیدرو), also known as Kurdistan Steel Bijar Steel Plant, IMIDRO, Kurdistan Steel Industry Company, is a steel plant in Bijar, Kurdistan, Iran that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) and direct reduced iron (DRI) technology.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Bijar, Kurdistan, Iran:
- Location: Zanjan - Bijar Road, Bijar, Kurdistan Province, Iran
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 35.936932, 47.762024 (exact)
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Construction date
|
Workforce size
|
Power source
|
Iron ore source
|
| 2022-07[1]
|
1600[1]
|
1.6 MW Qorveh electricity plant, Samnan Power Plant[2]
|
Zanjan, Hamdan, and Bijar[2]
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Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| State-owned entity status
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Parent company
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Parent company PermID
|
Parent GEM entity ID
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Owner
|
Owner company PermID
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Owner GEM entity ID
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| Partial
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Iranian Mines & Mining Industries Development & Renovation Organization [44.0%]; Development and Equipment of Relief Mines Co [20.0%]; Sabanour Mining and Industrial Development Co [20.0%]; Sepahan Mines Kimia [16.0%]
|
5000935267 [44.0%]; unknown [20.0%]; 5086835623 [20.0%]; unknown [16.0%]
|
E100000000547 [44.0%]; E100001016087 [20.0%]; E100001016086 [20.0%]; E100001016089 [16.0%]
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Kurdistan Steel Co [100%][2]
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5079206878
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E100000131119 [100%]
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Table 3: Process and Products
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)
|
| construction
|
1000[4][5]
|
1000[4][5]
|
Table 5: Plant-level Crude Iron 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
|
Sponge iron/DRI capacity
|
Nominal iron capacity (total)
|
| construction
|
1600[2]
|
1600[2]
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Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
Unit Details
Table 7: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details
| Unit name
|
Status
|
Construction date
|
Furnace manufacturer and model
|
Furnace type
|
Current capacity (ttpa)
|
| unknown DRI (1)
|
construction[6]
|
2022-07[2]
|
FIECO, MMTE PERED Megamodule[2][2]
|
shaft furnace[2]
|
1600[2]
|
Table 8: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Reductant Details
| Unit name
|
Current or initial reductant
|
Gas reductant
|
| unknown DRI (1)
|
gas[2]
|
syngas (reformed methane)[2]
|
Table 9: Electric Arc Furnace Details
| Unit name
|
Status
|
Construction date
|
Start date
|
Furnace manufacturer and model
|
Current capacity (ttpa)
|
| unknown EAF (1)
|
construction[4][5]
|
2020[4][7]
|
2027[2]
|
IRITECH[2]
|
1000[4][5]
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Table 10: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details
| Unit name
|
Scrap-based
|
| unknown EAF (1)
|
None
|
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Additional data
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