Moon Iron & Steel Company Sohar plant

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Moon Iron & Steel Company Sohar plant (حديد القمر (Arabic)), also known as MISCO, is a 1200 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Sohar, Al Batinah North, Oman.

Location

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  • Location: Moon Iron & Steel CO S.A.O.C, P.O.BOX 59, Postal Code 327, Sohar Industrial Estate, Oman[1]
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 24.409437, 56.520134 (exact)

Background

The Moon Iron & Steel Company Plant began operating in 2012. It was funded with a joint investment by the Gulf Investment Corporation (GIC), Oman Development Fund SAOC(ODF), the Sultan’s Special Forces Pension Fund and experts from the steel industry.[2]

In 2021, MISCO announced it was signing a 26 million (USD) deal with the German company Lind to supply the required quantities of oxygen for their plant.[3]



Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date
operating[4] 2020[5][6]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

State-owned entity status Parent company Parent company PermID Owner Owner company PermID
full[4] Moon Iron and steel Co SAOC [100%][4] 5040932044 [100%] Moon Iron and steel Co SAOC[4] 5040932044

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[7] billet; rebar[7] electric arc furnace (EAF)[1] 1 EAF (140-tonne)[1][6]

Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):

Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
1200 TTPA[7] 1200 TTPA

Articles and Resources

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220112204244/http://www.miscooman.com/facilities/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-12. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "Company Profile". MISCO - Moon Iron and Steel Co S.A.O.C. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  3. عُمانية, شؤون (2021-02-06). ""حديد القمر" بصحار توقع اتفاقية بقيمة 26 مليون ريال مع شركة ألمانية". شؤون عمانية (in العربية). Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20220111155540/https://dhow.com/organization-profile/38864286/moon-iron-and-steel-company/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-11. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://www.kallanish.com/en/news/steel/market-reports/article-details/misco-builds-quay-wall-for-dri-mulls-expansion-0321/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 https://www.zawya.com/en/business/omans-newest-steel-mill-set-for-launch-in-suhar-edxifxgf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20200726233239/http://www.miscooman.com:80/company-profile/. Archived from the original on 2020-07-26. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)