Sabalan Iron and Steel Complex

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Sabalan Iron and Steel Complex (مجتمع آهن و فولاد سبلان) is a steel plant in Meshginshahr, Ardabil, Iran that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) and direct reduced iron (DRI) technology.

Location

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Location: 15 km Meshginshahr-Ardabil, Ardabil, Iran
Coordinates (WGS 84): 38.50168, 47.757969 (exact)

Background

The Sabalan Iron and Steel Complex is a plant under construction which, when finished, is planned to have a capacity of 0.4 million tons per year of Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) and 0.5 million tons per year of Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) steel.^[1]

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details


Announced date	Construction date	Power source	Iron ore source
2014^[2]	2014^[2]	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
Daric Investment Holding Co [100.0%]	unknown [100.0%]	E100001013041 [100.0%]	Daric Investment Holding Co [100%]^[3]	unknown	E100001013041 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products


Steel sector end users	ISO 14001	ISO 50001	Responsible steel	Main production equipment
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)
construction	500^[4]	500^[4]

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)
construction	400^[4]	400^[4]

Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)


Sinter	Pellets
NF	NF

Unit Details

Table 7: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details


Unit name	Status	Furnace type	Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown DRI (1)	construction^[4]	not found	400^[4]

Table 8: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Reductant Details


Unit name	Hydrogen reductant status
unknown DRI (1)	unknown

Table 9: Electric Arc Furnace Details


Unit name	Status	Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown EAF (1)	construction^[4]	500^[4]

Table 10: 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^[2]	>0^[2]	unknown	unknown	>0	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown

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Additional data

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References

↑ "DARIC INVESTMENT GROUP". www.daricgroup.com. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
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Resources

Company website

[1] "DARIC INVESTMENT GROUP". www.daricgroup.com. Retrieved 2025-12-04.

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