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

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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.^[1]

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details


Announced date	Start date	Workforce size
2019^[2]	2021^[3]	1100^[4]

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%]^[5]	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^[6]	billet, wire rod, rebar^[6]	building and infrastructure, tools and machinery^[3]	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^[7]^[6]	800^[7]^[6]

Table 5: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)


Sinter	Pellets
NF^[6]	NF^[6]

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^[3]	2019^[2]	2021^[3]	Danieli FASTARC^[7]^[8]^[8]	800^[7]^[6]	100.0^[8]

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^[9]	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown

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References

↑ "Complete, advanced technology meltshop and caster for RIVA Industries, Morocco ‹ Danieli". www.danieli.com. Retrieved 2025-10-28. {{cite web}}: no-break space character in |title= at position 19 (help)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20190331144026/https://en.yabiladi.com/articles/details/75805/italy-s-metal-supplier-danieli-build.html. Archived from the original on 2019-03-31. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 https://industries.ma/en/riva-industries-un-geant-cache-de-la-siderurgie/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ https://www.mcinet.gov.ma/ar/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AC%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AA/zyart-rsmyt-llwhdt-alsnayt-lshrkt-riva-industries. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240125063136/https://rivaindustries.ma/en/a-propos-de-riva-industries-2/. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 ^6.4 ^6.5 ^6.6 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20230410190908/https://www.oecd.org/industry/ind/latest-developments-in-steelmaking-capacity-2022.pdf (PDF). {{cite web}}: Check |archive-url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 https://varamar.com/projects/eemslift-laem-jorf/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20221005060832/https://www.danieli.com/en/news-media/news/complete-advanced-technology-meltshop-and-caster-riva-industries-morocco_37_401.htm. Archived from the original on 2022-10-05. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ https://www.sarralle.com/en/news/view/start-up-of-a-new-scrap-cleaning-machine-for-riva-industries-in-morocco. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

Resources

Company website

[1] "Complete, advanced technology meltshop and caster for RIVA Industries, Morocco ‹ Danieli". www.danieli.com. Retrieved 2025-10-28. {{cite web}}: no-break space character in |title= at position 19 (help)

[autoref_0-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20190331144026/https://en.yabiladi.com/articles/details/75805/italy-s-metal-supplier-danieli-build.html. Archived from the original on 2019-03-31. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[autoref_1-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 https://industries.ma/en/riva-industries-un-geant-cache-de-la-siderurgie/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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[autoref_3-5] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20240125063136/https://rivaindustries.ma/en/a-propos-de-riva-industries-2/. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[autoref_4-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 ^6.4 ^6.5 ^6.6 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20230410190908/https://www.oecd.org/industry/ind/latest-developments-in-steelmaking-capacity-2022.pdf (PDF). {{cite web}}: Check |archive-url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

[autoref_5-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 https://varamar.com/projects/eemslift-laem-jorf/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[autoref_6-8] 8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20221005060832/https://www.danieli.com/en/news-media/news/complete-advanced-technology-meltshop-and-caster-riva-industries-morocco_37_401.htm. Archived from the original on 2022-10-05. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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