SMS Group DRI Plant

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SMS Group DRI Plant (مصنع الحديد المختزل التابع لمجموعة إس إم إس) is a steel plant in New Valley, Egypt that operates direct reduced iron (DRI) technology.

Location

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  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 26.787872, 30.572474 (approximate)

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Announced date Workforce size Power source Iron ore source Coal source
2024-11-28[1] 1000[2] unknown unknown unknown

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent GEM entity ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner GEM entity ID
Siemag Weiss GmbH & Co KG 4298428381 E100002007590 SMS Group GmbH [100%][3] 5051164661 E100002007121 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel sector end users ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Responsible steel Main production equipment
unknown unknown unknown unknown DRI

Table 4: 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)
announced 2500[3] 2500[3]

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

Sinter Pellets
NF NF

Unit Details

Table 6: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details

Unit name Status Announced date Furnace type Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown DRI (1) announced[2] 2024-11-28[1] not found 2500[3]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Germany's SMS Group plans $1.06bln DRI plant in Egypt". www.zawya.com. Archived from the original on 2025-04-30. Retrieved 2025-01-23.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Germany's SMS Group plans to build DRI plant in Egypt". www.steelorbis.com. Archived from the original on 2025-04-30. Retrieved 2025-01-23.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 https://www.yieh.com/en/NewsItem/151638. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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