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 blast furnace (BF), basic oxygen furnace (BOF), direct reduced iron (DRI), and electric arc furnace (EAF) 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 has been operating since 1969. . In 2016, ArcelorMittal Algeria gave its shares of the company to the public IMETAL group, making it an Algerian enterprise. In recent years, there have been multiple rounds of proposed and presumably cancelled expansions of capacity, as well as persistent issues with corruption, production interruptions, and lack of raw materials. As of October 2025, all steelmaking had been stopped at the plant for multiple months, though announcements have been made that new DRI and EAF units will be constructed.

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Announced date	Start date	Workforce size	Coal source
1964	1969	5748	Russia

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%]	5000941519	E100001000960 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category	Steel products	ISO 14001	ISO 50001	Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled	coil, rebar, sheet	unknown	unknown	BF; DRI; BOF; 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	Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity	Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
announced	–	1700	1700
mothballed	–	400	400
mothballed pre-retirement	350	–	350

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	2500
mothballed pre-retirement	1500	–	1500

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

Ferronickel	Sinter	Coke	Pellets
NF	>0	1200	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	–	–	560
2020	unknown	–	unknown	–
2021	unknown	–	unknown	–
2022	unknown	unknown	500	500

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	1980	1500	unknown	2017

Table 10: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details

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

Table 11: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown EAF (1)	mothballed	400
unknown EAF (2)	announced	1700

Table 12: 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 13: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Start date	Current capacity (ttpa)
BOF 1	mothballed pre-retirement	2018	350
BOF 2	mothballed pre-retirement	–	0

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