Mahgreb Steel Bled Solb plant
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Mahgreb Steel Bled Solb plant (مصنع الشركة المغربية للصلب - بليد صلب) is a steel plant in Aïn Harrouda, Casablanca-Settat, Morocco that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Aïn Harrouda, Casablanca-Settat, Morocco:
- Location: Maghreb Steel, Bled Solb Industrial Park
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 33.632918, -7.434084 (exact)
Background
Maghreb Steel, a company which came into operation in 1975, opened its first primary steel production plant in 2011.[1] It is the only producer of flat steel in Morocco. [2] In 2024, 92% of the electricity used to power the plant came from renewable wind energy.[3]
Ownership Tree
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Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Announced date | Construction date | Start date | Workforce size | Power source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010[4] | 2010[4] | 2011[5] | 1123[6] | 92% wind energy (2024)[7][8] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent GEM entity ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner GEM entity ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maghreb Steel SA [100.0%] | 4297249899 [100.0%] | E100000130825 [100.0%] | Maghreb Steel SA [100%][9] | 4297249899 | E100000130825 [100%] |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | ISO 14001 | ISO 50001 | Responsible steel | Main production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| semi-finished, finished rolled[10] | galvanized, cold rolled, sheet, hot rolled[10] | automotive, building and infrastructure, energy, steel packaging, tools and machinery, transport[11] | yes[12] | unknown[12] | 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) |
|---|---|---|
| operating | 1000[13] | 1000[13] |
Table 5: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Sinter | Pellets |
|---|---|
| NF | NF |
Table 6: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Year | EAF production | Other/unknown steel production |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | unknown | unknown |
| 2020 | unknown | unknown |
| 2021 | unknown | – |
| 2022 | unknown | – |
| 2024 | unknown | – |
Unit Details
Table 7: Electric Arc Furnace Details
| Unit name | Status | Announced date | Start date | Furnace manufacturer and model | Current capacity (ttpa) | Current size (tonnes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown EAF (1) | operating[9] | 2008[14] | 2011[5] | SMS Demag X-Melt[14][14] | 1000[13] | 120.0[15][16] |
Table 8: 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) | yes[17] | 40.00[17][15] | unknown | unknown | 60.00[17] | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown |
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References
- ↑ "Maghrebsteel Our history - Maghrebsteel". www.maghrebsteel.ma. Retrieved 2025-10-27.
- ↑ "MaghrebSteel". MaghrebSteel (in français). Retrieved 2023-09-27.
- ↑ "Maghrebsteel | LEADER MAROCAIN DE L'ACIER". www.maghrebsteel.ma. Retrieved 2025-10-27.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://www.steeltimesint.com/news/maghreb-plans-1-5mt-y-plant.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://www.maghrebsteel.ma/en/who-are-we/our-history/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://www.maghrebsteel.ma/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/rapport-financier-et-ESG-2024-.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240125060317/https://www.maghrebsteel.ma/. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://d.newsweek.com/en/file/473776/its-strategic-positioning-gateway-african-continent-its-conducive-environment-morocco.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240124204649/https://www.maghrebsteel.ma/en/home/. Archived from the original on 2024-01-24.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 https://www.maghrebsteel.ma/en/steels/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.maghrebsteel.ma/en/applications-2/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 12.0 12.1 https://www.maghrebsteel.ma/en/who-are-we/our-engagements/environment/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 https://www.maghrebsteel.ma/en/our-factories/hot-rolling-complex/steelworks/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 https://www.aist.org/sms-demag-to-supply-melting-and-casting-plant-for-maghreb-steel.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 15.0 15.1 (PDF) https://www.dfa.ma/msteel/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/6.-Le-rapport-ESG-2.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.aist.org/news/steel-news/2008/april/sms-demag-to-supply-melting-and-casting-plant-for/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20240809184501/https://www.recyclingtoday.com/news/maghreb-shredder-metso-morocco/. Archived from the original on 2024-08-09.
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