Riva Industries Jorf Lasfar steel plant

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Riva Industries Jorf Lasfar steel plant (ريفا للصناعات), also known as Riva Steel, is a steel plant in El Jadida, Casablanca-Settat, Morocco that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the plant in El Jadida, Casablanca-Settat, Morocco:

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• Location: Jorf Lasfar Med-Z Industrial Park 2nd Phase, Morocco
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 33.165438, -8.5883 (exact)

Background

The Riva Industries Jorf Lasfar steel plant opened in 2021, with an Electric Arc Furnace manufactured by the Italian company Danieli.

Ownership Tree

This ownership tree is part of the Global Energy Ownership Tracker, a project of Global Energy Monitor.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Announced date	Start date	Workforce size
2019	2021	1100

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company	Parent company PermID	Parent GEM entity ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner GEM entity ID
Meski Invest	unknown	E100001016311	Riva Industries [100%]	unknown	E100000131135 [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	billet, wire rod, rebar	building and infrastructure, tools and machinery	unknown	unknown	unknown	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	800	800

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	unknown
2022	unknown	unknown
2023	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	2019	2021	Danieli FASTARC	800	100.0

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	>0	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown

Articles and Resources

Additional data

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Resources

• Company website