Tembo Steels Iganga plant

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Tembo Steels Iganga plant is a steel plant in Iganga, Uganda that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) and direct reduced iron (DRI) technology.

Location

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  • Location: 28, Iganga, Uganda
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 0.611975, 33.457629 (exact)

Background

In March 2022, the site commissioned a direct reduced iron plant with a capacity of 1200ttpa.[1][2][3] A second direct reduced iron plant opened in January 2025 and has a capacity of 250 ttpa. [4]

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Workforce size Power source Iron ore source
2022[5][6][7] 3000[8][9] unknown Kabale[10][11]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent GEM entity ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner GEM entity ID
Tembo Steels Uganda Ltd [100.0%] unknown [100.0%] E100000131193 [100.0%] Tembo Steels Uganda Ltd [100%][12] unknown E100000131193 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Responsible steel Main production equipment
crude, semi-finished, finished rolled[13][14] wire rod, rebar, sections, bar, angle, DRI[13] building and infrastructure[15] unknown[16] unknown[16] 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)
operating 600[13][17] 600[13][17]

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)
operating 600[18][13][19][20] 600[18][13][19][20]

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

Sinter Pellets
NF NF

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

Year EAF production Other/unknown steel production
2022 unknown unknown
2023 unknown unknown
2024 unknown unknown
2025 unknown unknown

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

Year DRI production Other/unknown iron production
2022 unknown unknown
2023 unknown unknown
2024 unknown unknown
2025 unknown unknown

Unit Details

Table 9: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Furnace type Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown DRI (1) operating[12] 2022[12] rotary kiln[14] 350[13]
unknown DRI (2) operating[20] 2025[20] not found 250[20][19][18]

Table 10: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Reductant Details

Unit name Current or initial reductant Hydrogen reductant status
unknown DRI (1) coal (solid)[12][14] unknown
unknown DRI (2) unknown –

Table 11: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name Status Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown EAF (1) operating[12] 600[17][13]

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) yes[21][18] 50.00[22] 50.00[22] 0[22] 0[22] 0[22] 0[22] 0[22] 0[22]

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References

  1. ↑ "Uganda opens $200m iron ore smelting plant". The East African. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
  2. ↑ DEVELOPING THE IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY IN UGANDA – HARNESSING THE LOW HANGING FRUITS. Uganda National Planning Authority. January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Uganda opens $200m iron ore smelting plant". The East African. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
  4. ↑ "How Tembo Steels Limited is Shaping Uganda's Steel Industry  – The Voice Uganda". voiceuganda.com. Retrieved 2025-11-24. {{cite web}}: no-break space character in |title= at position 25 (help)
  5. ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/company/tembo-steels-uganda-ltd/about/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ https://www.ceo.co.ug/the-secret-billionaire-sanjay-awasthi-the-man-behind-ugandas-tembo-steels/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ https://voiceuganda.com/2024/06/09/govt-hails-tembo-steels-proprietors-for-maintaining-the-primary-steel-producer-status-quality-products/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220928042400/https://www.busiweek.com/tembo-steels-constructs-largest-iron-ore-plant/. Archived from the original on 2022-09-28. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220401054015/https://web.monitor.co.ug/Supplement/2022/01/Tembo03032022.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-04-01. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ↑ https://bubuexpo.com/tembo-steels-ltd/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ↑ "Iron ore, Uganda's hidden treasure". The Observer. 2022-08-03. Archived from the original on 2025-04-18. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20240111005526/https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business/uganda-opens-200m-iron-ore-smelting-plant-3730254. Archived from the original on 2024-01-11. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125235548/https://www.tembosteels.co.ug/. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125235523/https://www.tembosteels.co.ug/all-products. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240125235609/https://www.tembosteels.co.ug/tmt-mill-products. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125235803/https://www.tembosteels.co.ug/isocertification. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220401054015/https://web.monitor.co.ug/Supplement/2022/01/Tembo03032022.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwtrGSgLvmc. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tembo-steels-uganda-ltd_tembosteels-ugandainfrastructure-industrialgrowth-activity-7307333214434418688-tAWi. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 https://nilepost.co.ug/business/239211/museveni-open-tembos-second-steel-plant-in-iganga. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  21. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240302055455/https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/passionate-steel-cooking-gardening-travel-meet/. Archived from the original on 2024-03-02. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 22.5 22.6 22.7 https://worldbusinessjournal.com/tembo-steels-advances-green-initiatives-in-steel-making. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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