Sider El Hadjar Annaba steel plant

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Sider El Hadjar Annaba steel plant (مركب الحجار للحديد والصلب), also known as ArcelorMittal Annaba (predecessor), El Hadjar Iron and Steel Complex (predecessor), Sider Algeria S.p.A. (predecessor), is a steel plant in Sidi Amar, Annaba, Algeria that operates electric arc furnace (EAF), basic oxygen furnace (BOF), blast furnace (BF), and direct reduced iron (DRI) technology.

Location

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  • Location: El-Hadjar Complex, Commune Sidi Amar, Daira El Hadjar, BP 2055 Annaba, Algeria
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 36.795924, 7.707633 (exact)

Background

The Sider El Hadjar Annaba steel plant, originally built as a symbol of pride for the newly independent Algeria with Soviet help, has been operating since 1969[1].

Originally owned by a national company, the plant went through several mergers and owners throughout the decades, and between 2004 and 2016 was owned by Mittal and then ArcelorMittal.[2] In 2016, ArcelorMittal Algeria gave its shares of the company to the public IMETAL group, making it again an Algerian state-owned enterprise.[3]

The plant originally had two blast furnaces, but only the second has operated in the past decade.[4] The plant has experienced persistent issues with corruption, enormous financial losses, production interruptions, and lack of raw materials, particularly imported Russian coke.[5][6] Production has fallen to a fraction of capacity, with extended stoppages and output rarely exceeding half a million tonnes in recent years.[7] There have been multiple proposals to revamp or renovate the plant, including proposals to build new DRI or EAF units to replace the aging blast furnace and basic oxygen furnaces, though none have been implemented.[8][9][10][11]

In October 2025, production again ground to a halt on the last operating units.[12] In 2026, the company announced a partnership with the Chinese company Baowu Steel Group to study options for renovating and restarting the plant, with a technical proposal due to be released toward the end of 2026.[13]

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Announced date Start date Workforce size Coal source
1964[14] 1969[14][15] 5748[16] Russia[17]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

State-owned entity status Parent company Parent company PermID Parent GEM entity ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner GEM entity ID
Full Groupe Industriel Sider SpA [100.0%] 5000941519 [100.0%] E100001000960 [100.0%] Groupe Industriel Sider SpA [100%][18] 5000941519 E100001000960 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled[19] coil, rebar, sheet unknown unknown BF; DRI; EAF; BOF

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 Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
announced – 1700[20] 1700[20]
mothballed – 400[21] 400[21]
mothballed pre-retirement 350[22][23] – 350[22][23]

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 Blast furnace capacity Sponge iron/DRI capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
announced – 2500[24] 2500[24]
mothballed pre-retirement 1500[25][26] – 1500[25][26]

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

Ferronickel Sinter Coke Pellets
NF >0[27] 1200[21] NF

Table 7: 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

Table 8: Actual Plant-level Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year BF production DRI production Other/unknown iron production Total (all routes)
2019 560[28] –[28] –[28] 560[28]
2020 unknown – unknown –
2021 unknown – unknown –
2022 unknown[29] unknown[29] 500[29] 500[29]

Unit Details

Table 9: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Current capacity (ttpa) Decarbonization technology Most recent relining
BF 2 mothballed pre-retirement[17][30][31] 1980[32] 1500[26][25] unknown 2017[33]

Table 10: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details

Unit name Status Announced date Furnace type Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown DRI (1) announced[20] 2018 not found 2500[24]

Table 11: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Reductant Details

Unit name Hydrogen reductant status Future hydrogen reductant color
unknown DRI (1) unknown not found

Table 12: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name Status Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown EAF (1) mothballed[17][31] 400[21]
unknown EAF (2) announced[20] 1700[20]

Table 13: 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) None unknown >0 unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown
unknown EAF (2) None unknown >0 unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown

Table 14: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Current capacity (ttpa)
BOF 1 mothballed pre-retirement[17][31][34] 2018[22] 350[23][22]
BOF 2 mothballed pre-retirement[17][31][34] – 0

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