Sulb Bahrain Al Hidd steel plant

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Sulb Bahrain Al Hidd steel plant (شركة صلب (Arabic)) is a direct reduced iron-electric arc furnace (DRI-EAF) steel plant operating in Al Hidd, Muharraq, Bahrain.

Location

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  • Location: Al Hidd, Bahrain
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 26.198152, 50.679893 (exact)

Background

Sulb Bahrain Al Hidd steel plan started operating in 2012. It is a joint venture between Foulath Holding Company and Yamato Kogyo Company. [1] In 2023, the company commissioned SMS group to revamp the plants 130 tons electric arc furnace to enhance its efficiency and productivity.[2]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Announced date Start date
Operating[3] 2009[4] 2012[3]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company GEM ID
Foulath Holding BSCC [50.0%]; Yamato Kogyo Co Ltd [50.0%] 5001427072 [50%]; 4295878941 [50%] E100000130965 [50%]; E100001010196 [50%] SULB Bahrain[3] E100000131139

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
crude; semi-finished; finished rolled[5] beams, columns, channels, angles, flat sheets, flat bars, billets, DRI[5] automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; transport[6] 2022[7] 2022[8] DRI, EAF[5] 1 Midrex DRI plant (1.6 MTPA, began in 2013); 1 EAF (130 tons)[5][9][10]

Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status* Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 1100 TTPA[11] 1100 TTPA[11]

Table 5: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status* Sponge iron/DRI capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
operating 1600 TTPA[11] 1600 TTPA[11]

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

Pellets
12000 TTPA[12]

Table 7: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year EAF Production Total (all routes)
2020
2021
2022 1270 TTPA[13] 1270 TTPA

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

Year DRI Production Total (all routes)
2020
2021
2022 1620 TTPA[13] 1620 TTPA

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References

  1. "SULB". www.sulb.com.bh. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  2. shivani dhruv. "SULB commissions SMS group for the modernisation of an electric arc". technicalreviewmiddleeast.com. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20221211144708/http://sulb.com.bh/. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20230505194918/https://www.sulb.com.bh/. Archived from the original on 05 May 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20221211144708/http://sulb.com.bh/. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20230505194918/https://www.sulb.com.bh/. Archived from the original on 05 May 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20221211144708/http://sulb.com.bh/. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. (PDF) https://www.sulb.com.bh/files/certificates/ISO%2050001%20(SULB%20Bahrain).pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20220320173526/https://www.midrex.com/about-midrex/midrex-plants/. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. https://web.archive.org/web/20230331185838/https://min-met.com/blog/sulb-to-modernize-electric-arc-furnace-and-four-strand-concast/. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20221211144708/http://sulb.com.bh/. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. https://www.zawya.com/en/markets/bahrain-steel-achieves-record-production-in-2021-k9msnoe8. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. 13.0 13.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240119005422/https://www.steelguru.com/steel/2023-sulb-companys-soaring-steel-success. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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