Mobarakeh Steel Sefid Dasht Steel Complex

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Mobarakeh Steel Sefid Dasht Steel Complex (شرکت فولاد سفیددشت چهار محال و بختیاری), also known as Chaharmahal Steel Complex, SDSC, is a steel plant in Shahre Kord, Isfahan, Iran that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) and direct reduced iron (DRI) technology.

Location

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  • Location: Shahre Kord, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 32.19669, 51.184156 (exact)

Background

The Mobarakeh Steel Sefid Dasht plant opened in 2016.[1] It contains a Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) unit with a capacity of 0.8 million tons per year, and an Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) with a capacity of 1.0 million tons per year.[2][3]

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Workforce size Power source Iron ore source
2016[4] 700[5] 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%][6] 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[7] slab[7] unknown 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)
operating 1000[5][8] 1000[5][8]

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 802[9][10][4] 802[9][10][4]

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
2021 unknown unknown
2022 unknown unknown
2023 unknown unknown
2024 unknown unknown

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

Year DRI production Other/unknown iron production Total (all routes)
2019 unknown unknown –
2020 unknown unknown –
2021 802[9][10] –[9][10] 802[9][10]
2022 unknown unknown –
2023 unknown unknown –
2024 unknown unknown –

Unit Details

Table 9: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Furnace manufacturer and model Furnace type Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown DRI (1) operating[11] 2016[12] Midrex[13] shaft furnace[13] 802[10][9][4]

Table 10: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Reductant Details

Unit name Current or initial reductant Gas reductant
unknown DRI (1) gas gas (unknown type)

Table 11: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name Status Construction date Start date Furnace manufacturer and model Current capacity (ttpa) Current size (tonnes)
unknown EAF (1) operating[14][6][4] 2020[8] 2023[7] MCC; FP; MME; KDD Consortium[15] 1000[5][8] 170.0[16][4]

Table 12: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name Scrap-based % scrap % DRI
unknown EAF (1) yes[6] 10.00[6] 90.00[6]

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References

  1. ↑ "1st Phase of Chaharmahal Steel Plant Goes On Stream | FinancialTribune". financialtribune.com. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  2. ↑ "1st Phase of Chaharmahal Steel Plant Goes On Stream | FinancialTribune". financialtribune.com. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  3. ↑ "با تکنولوژی ایرانی صورت گرفت؛ نخستین قوس الکتریکی کوره فولادسازی فولاد سفیددشت انجام شد - چیلان آنلاین". chilanonline.com. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20210623082533/https://financialtribune.com/articles/economy-business-and-markets/44011/1st-phase-of-chaharmahal-steel-plant-goes-on-stream. Archived from the original on 2021-06-23. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20251125171328/https://chilanonline.com/2023/01/28/47336/. Archived from the original on 2025-11-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20220630093228/http://www.mme-co.de/en/Home/projects/Charmahal-Steel-Making-.html. Archived from the original on 2022-06-30. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 https://niscoir.com/en/?p=75474. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 https://one.oecd.org/document/DSTI/SC(2020)3/FINAL/En/pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/390815775_Evaluation_of_the_production_of_DRI_in_the_world_and_Iran_in_2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 https://www.trend.az/business/economy/3586197.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220424084547/https://en.trend.az/business/economy/3586197.html. Archived from the original on 2022-04-24. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ↑ "New DRI Plant Goes on Stream". en. Archived from the original on 2024-12-06. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "2023 World Direct Reduction Statistics" (PDF). Midrex. 2024-09-03. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2025-05-26.
  14. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230320132727/https://felezatkhavarmianeh.ir/fa/news/296377/%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%B3%D9%81%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%AF%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D9%86%D8%AE%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%B0%D9%88%D8%A8-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AF-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF. Archived from the original on 2023-03-20. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. ↑ https://mme-co.ir/en/sepid-dasht-steelmaking-project/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20251125174531/https://iraneconomist.com/fa/news/599089/%25D9%2581%25D9%2588%25D9%2584%25D8%25A7%25D8%25AF-%25D8%25B3%25D9%2581%25DB%258C%25D8%25AF-%25D8%25AF%25D8%25B4%25D8%25AA%25D9%2586%25D8%25AE%25D8%25B3%25D8%25AA%25DB%258C%25D9%2586-%25D8%25B0%25D9%2588%25D8%25A8-%25D8%25B1%25D8%25A7-%25D8%25AA%25D9%2588%25D9%2584%25DB%258C%25D8%25AF-%25DA%25A9%25D8%25B1%25D8%25AF. Archived from the original on 2025-11-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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