Sirjan Iranian Steel Kerman Plant (جتمع فولاد بردسیر, شرکت فولاد سیرجان ایرانیان), also known as Sirjan Steel, Sirjan Bardsir, SISCO, is a steel plant in Bardsir, Kerman, Iran that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) and direct reduced iron (DRI) technology.
Location The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Bardsir, Kerman, Iran:
Location: Kerman, Bardsir Road, 7 km of Negar Road, IranCoordinates (WGS 84 ): 29.928062, 56.736539 (exact)Background The Sirjan Iranian Steel Plant in Sirjan, Kerman Province, also known as the Bardsir complex, started production in 2013 with a Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) unit.[ 1] [ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
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Plant Details Table 1: General Plant Details
Start date
Workforce size
Power source
Iron ore source
2013[ 4]
800[ 5]
Due to consistent problems with electricity supply, they are constructing their own power plant on site, 100 MW to start but could expand to 400[ 6]
Gol Gohar Mine 2 and 4, also 6 when it opens[ 7] [ 8] [ 6]
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
Parent company
Parent company PermID
Parent GEM entity ID
Owner
Owner company PermID
Owner GEM entity ID
Mabna Khavar Miyaneh Co; Pars Aryan Investment Co; Pasargad Arzesh Afarinan Co; Rahbord Sarmaye Iranian Co; small shareholder(s); Tejarat Pishegan Mihan Negar Pars Co
unknown; 5086606640; 5039187251; unknown; not applicable; unknown
E100002020859; E100001015720; E100001015719; E100002020860; E100001015587; E100002020861
Iranian Sirjan Steel Co [100%][ 9]
unknown
E100001012066 [100%]
Table 3: Process and ProductsTable 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
1 Please 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
1000[ 6]
1000[ 6]
operating
1000[ 12]
1000[ 12]
Table 5: Plant-level Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)Table 7: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
Year
EAF production
Other/unknown steel production
Total (all routes)
2019
unknown
unknown
–
2020
unknown
unknown
–
2021
632[ 16]
unknown[ 16]
632[ 16]
2022
unknown
unknown
–
2023
726[ 17]
unknown[ 17]
726[ 17]
2024
–
–
–
Table 8: Actual Plant-level Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
Year
DRI production
Other/unknown iron production
Total (all routes)
2019
unknown
unknown
–
2020
unknown
unknown
–
2021
760[ 16]
unknown[ 16]
760[ 16]
2022
unknown
unknown
–
2023
766[ 17]
–[ 17]
766[ 17]
2024
–
–
–
Unit Details Table 9: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details
Unit name
Status
Start date
Furnace manufacturer and model
Furnace type
Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown DRI (1)
operating[ 18]
2014[ 15]
FIECO Midrex[ 19] [ 15]
shaft furnace[ 15]
1000[ 15] [ 6] [ 12]
unknown DRI (2)
construction[ 13]
2026
FIECO Midrex Megamodule[ 20] [ 14]
shaft furnace[ 14]
1700[ 14] [ 13]
Table 10: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Reductant Details
Unit name
Current or initial reductant
Gas reductant
unknown DRI (1)
gas[ 21]
syngas (reformed methane)[ 21]
unknown DRI (2)
gas[ 6]
gas (unknown type)[ 6]
Table 11: Electric Arc Furnace Details
Unit name
Status
Start date
Current capacity (ttpa)
Current size (tonnes)
unknown EAF (1)
operating[ 12]
2018[ 8]
1000[ 12]
140.0[ 8] [ 12]
unknown EAF (2)
construction[ 22] [ 6]
–
1000[ 6]
–
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)
no[ 8]
0[ 8]
100.00[ 8]
–
–
–
–
–
–
unknown EAF (2)
None
unknown[ 6]
100.00
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
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