Kurdistan Steel Qorveh steel plant

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Kurdistan Steel Qorveh steel plant (شرکت صنایع فولاد کردستان, ایمیدرو), also known as IMIDRO, Kurdistan Steel Industry Company, Kurdistan Steel Bijar Steel Plant, is a steel plant in Bijar, Kurdistan, Iran that operates direct reduced iron (DRI) and electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

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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]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information


State-owned entity status	Parent company	Parent company PermID	Parent GEM entity ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner GEM entity ID
Partial	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%]	Kurdistan Steel Co [100%]^[2]	5079206878	E100000131119 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products


Steel product category	Steel products	ISO 14001	ISO 50001	Responsible steel	Main production equipment
crude, semi-finished^[2]	coil, hot rolled coil, slab^[2]^[3]	unknown	unknown	unknown	DRI; 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)
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]

Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)


Sinter	Pellets
NF	NF

Unit Details

Table 7: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details


Unit name	Status	Construction date	Start date	Furnace manufacturer and model	Furnace type	Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown DRI (1)	construction^[6]	2022-07^[2]	2025^[7]	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]^[8]	2027^[2]	IRITECH^[2]	1000^[4]^[5]

Table 10: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details


Unit name	Scrap-based
unknown EAF (1)	None

Articles and Resources

Additional data

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References

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