Mobarakeh Saba Steel Chamgordan plant

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Mobarakeh Saba Steel Chamgordan plant (مجتمع فولاد سبا, شرکت فولاد سبا), also known as Mobarakeh Saba Steel, Saba Steel & Rolling Mill, Saba Steel Co, is a steel plant in Chamgordan, Isfahan, 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 Chamgordan, Isfahan, Iran:

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  • Location: KM 45 on Esfahan Shahrekord Road, Isfahan, Iran
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 32.40787, 51.338985 (exact)

Background

The Mobarakeh Saba Steel Complex, one location of Mobarakeh Steel Company, the largest steel producer in the Middle East and North Africa and the largest Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) producer in the world, opened in 2006.[1] At this location, the company has both DRI and Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) steelmaking capacity, split between one 1.5 million ton per year DRI unit and two EAFs with a total of 1.6 million tons per year in capacity.[2]

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Announced date Start date Power source Iron ore source
1999-04[3] 2006[4] unknown unknown

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 small shareholder(s) [44.6%]; Iranian Mines & Mining Industries Development & Renovation Organization [17.2%]; Justice Shares Broker Co [14.6%]; Social Security Organization of Iran [13.2%]; Rafeh Capital Development Co [10.3%] not applicable [44.6%]; 5000935267 [17.2%]; unknown [14.6%]; unknown [13.2%]; unknown [10.3%] E100001015587 [44.6%]; E100000000547 [17.2%]; E100002011231 [14.6%]; E100001000256 [13.2%]; E100002026856 [10.3%] Mobarakeh Steel Co [100%][5] 5001102887 E100000001959 [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[6] coil, slab, sheet, carbon steel[7][8][6][9] unknown Expired[10] 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)
operating 1600[5][11] 1600[5][11]

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)
operating 1500[12][13] 1500[12][13]

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

Sinter Pellets
NF NF

Table 7: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year EAF production Other/unknown steel production Total (all routes)
2019 unknown unknown –
2020 1448[10] unknown[10] 1448[10]
2021 1423[10] unknown[10] 1423[10]
2022 1548[10] unknown[10] 1548[10]
2023 1573[10] unknown[10] 1573[10]
2024 unknown unknown –

Table 8: Actual Plant-level Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year DRI production Other/unknown iron production
2019 unknown unknown
2020 unknown unknown
2021 unknown unknown
2022 unknown unknown
2023 unknown unknown
2024 unknown unknown

Unit Details

Table 9: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details

Unit name Status Announced date Start date Furnace manufacturer and model Furnace type Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown DRI (1) operating[13] 2003[14] 2013[13] Midrex shaft furnace[13] 1500[12][13]

Table 10: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Reductant Details

Unit name Current or initial reductant Gas reductant
unknown DRI (1) gas syngas (reformed methane)

Table 11: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown EAF (1) operating[5] 2017[15] 850[5]
unknown EAF (2) operating[5] – 750[11][5]

Table 12: 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
unknown EAF (2) None unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown

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References

  1. ↑ "Mobarakeh Steel Company - Iran metals market". iranmetalsmarket.ir. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  2. ↑ "Saba Steel Complex Doubles Capacity | FinancialTribune". financialtribune.com. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  3. ↑ https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/34126/Isfahan-Steel-Mill-Mobarakeh-Complex-Produce-4m-Tons-of-Steel. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ "Mobarakeh Steel Company". 2021-09-20. Archived from the original on 2025-03-20. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 https://financialtribune.com/articles/economy-business-and-markets/62072/saba-steel-complex-doubles-capacity. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240122222943/https://sapfo.msc.ir/en-US/Portal/8009/page/MSC-History. Archived from the original on 2024-01-22. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ "Iran's Saba Steel Plant indicates unchanged slab and HRC outputs". www.steelorbis.com. Archived from the original on 2025-03-20. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
  8. ↑ "Saba Steel Complex Production Doubles". Financial Tribune. 2018-07-10. Archived from the original on 2025-03-20. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
  9. ↑ "Iran's steel industry keeping flourishing trend". newspaper.irandaily.ir. Archived from the original on 2025-03-20. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
  10. ↑ 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 10.11 10.12 https://www.msc.ir/en-US/Portal/1/page/Home. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240221184607/https://pubs.usgs.gov/myb/vol3/2019/myb3-2019-iran.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-02-21. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20251125173655/https://www.nicc-co.com/project/%25DA%25A9%25D8%25A7%25D8%25B1%25D8%25AE%25D8%25A7%25D9%2586%25D9%2587-%25D8%25A7%25D8%25AD%25DB%258C%25D8%25A7%25D8%25A1-%25D9%2585%25D8%25B3%25D8%25AA%25D9%2582%25DB%258C%25D9%2585-%25D9%2581%25D9%2588%25D9%2584%25D8%25A7%25D8%25AF-%25D8%25B3%25D8%25A8%25D8%25A7/. Archived from the original on 2025-11-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 "2022 World Direct Reduction Statistics" (PDF). Midrex. 2023-09-12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-11-03.
  14. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240131193709/https://cdm.unfccc.int/Projects/DB/BVQI1187182092.4/ReviewInitialComments/OM9ILQP2353392PHW9RQADGB0OX9FB. Archived from the original on 2024-01-31. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. ↑ https://en.eghtesadonline.com/en/news/775306/saba-steel-complex-doubles-capacity. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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