Tosyali-SULB Benghazi steel plant

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Tosyali-SULB Benghazi steel plant (توسيالي - صلب) is a steel plant in Benghazi, Ras Al-Manqar, Libya that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) and direct reduced iron (DRI) technology.

Location

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Location:
Coordinates (WGS 84): 32.1818, 20.124361 (approximate)

Background

In 2024, the Turkish company Tosyali and the Libya United Steel Company for Iron and Steel (SULB) announced they would construct a plant east of Benghazi.^[1] The three-phase plan for the plant would make it the largest Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) production site in the world, at 8.1 million tons annual in capacity.^[2]^[3]

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details


Announced date	Workforce size
2024-07-19^[4]	7000^[5]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information


Parent company	Parent company PermID	Parent GEM entity ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner GEM entity ID
Libya United Steel Company for Iron and Steel Industry; Tosyalı Holding AŞ	unknown; 5000866267	E100002004577; E100001000709	Tosyali Sulb Steel Industries Joint Company [100%]^[6]	unknown	E100002003914 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products


Main production equipment
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)
announced	2700^[4]	2700^[4]

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)
announced	5600^[7]^[6]	5600^[7]^[6]
construction	2500^[7]^[6]	2500^[7]^[6]

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


Sinter	Pellets
NF	NF

Unit Details

Table 7: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details


Unit name	Status	Announced date	Furnace manufacturer and model	Furnace type	Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown DRI (1)	construction^[8]	2024-07-19^[4]	Paul Wurth Midrex Flex^[4]^[8]^[4]	shaft furnace	2500^[6]^[7]
unknown DRI (2)	announced^[4]	2024-07-19^[4]	Midrex Flex^[4]^[4]	shaft furnace	2800^[6]^[7]
unknown DRI (3)	announced^[4]	2024-07-19^[4]	Midrex Flex^[4]^[4]	shaft furnace	2800^[6]^[7]

Table 8: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Reductant Details


Unit name	Current or initial reductant	Gas reductant	Hydrogen reductant status
unknown DRI (1)	gas	–	capable^[9]
unknown DRI (2)	gas	gas (unknown type)	capable^[9]
unknown DRI (3)	gas	gas (unknown type)	capable^[9]

Table 9: Electric Arc Furnace Details


Unit name	Status	Announced date	Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown EAF	announced^[4]	2024-07-19^[4]	2700^[4]

Table 10: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details


Unit name	Scrap-based	% DRI
unknown EAF	unknown	>0^[4]

Articles and Resources

Additional data

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References

↑ "Tosyalı SULB grants order to SMS and Midrex for initial phase of DRI complex in Libya". www.steelorbis.com. Retrieved 2025-10-29.
↑ "About Tosyalı Sulb Steel Industries Joint Company".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ "Tosyalı SULB grants order to SMS and Midrex for initial phase of DRI complex in Libya". www.steelorbis.com. Retrieved 2025-10-29.
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Resources

Company website

[1] "Tosyalı SULB grants order to SMS and Midrex for initial phase of DRI complex in Libya". www.steelorbis.com. Retrieved 2025-10-29.

[2] "About Tosyalı Sulb Steel Industries Joint Company".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[3] "Tosyalı SULB grants order to SMS and Midrex for initial phase of DRI complex in Libya". www.steelorbis.com. Retrieved 2025-10-29.

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