United Steel Industrial Kuwait Steel Sharq plant
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United Steel Industrial Kuwait Steel Sharq plant (حديد الكويت), also known as KWT Steel, is a steel plant in Shuaibah, Shuaiba Industrial Area, Capital Governorate, Kuwait that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Shuaibah, Shuaiba Industrial Area, Capital Governorate, Kuwait:
- Location: Block 4 St. MA-8, Plot 71
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 28.989306, 48.128118 (exact)
Background
The United Steel Industrial Company (Kuwait Steel) is a private company that was established in 1996. In 2007, the company established its own steel making plant with annual production capacity of 1.2 million metric tons of steel billets.[1]
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Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|
| 2007[2] | 900[3] |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partial | Bukhamseen Holding Group Co; Iranian Mines & Mining Industries Development & Renovation Organization | 5085880758; 5000935267 | E100001016268; E100000000547 | United Steel Industries Co KSCC [100%][4] | 5000492218 | E100000130936 [100%] |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | ISO 14001 | ISO 50001 | Main production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| crude, semi-finished, finished rolled[5] | billet, rebar[5] | yes[6] | unknown[7] | EAF |
Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status1 | Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| operating | 1200[8] | 1200[8] |
Table 5: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Sinter | Pellets |
|---|---|
| NF[8] | NF[8] |
Table 6: 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 |
| 2025 | >0[9] | –[9] |
Unit Details
Table 7: Electric Arc Furnace Details
| Unit name | Status | Start date | Furnace manufacturer and model | Current capacity (ttpa) | Current size (tonnes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown EAF (1) | operating[6] | 2007[8] | Danieli[2] | 1200[8] | 120.0[10][11] |
Table 8: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details
| Unit name | Scrap-based | % scrap | % DRI | % HBI | % sponge iron (unknown if DRI or HBI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown EAF (1) | yes[2] | 80.00[2] | >0[11] | >0[11] | 20.00[11] |
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References
- ↑ "KuwaitSteel". www.kwtsteel.com. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20230608142640/https://kwtsteel.com/Production_Facilities. Archived from the original on 2023-06-08.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220114005207/https://kwtsteel.com/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-14.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240125061537/https://www.kwtsteel.com/about. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220318224747/https://www.kwtsteel.com/product. Archived from the original on 2022-03-18.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220318153247/https://www.kwtsteel.com/Home. Archived from the original on 2022-03-18.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220318153247/https://www.kwtsteel.com/Home. Archived from the original on 2022-03-18.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20220319030123/https://www.kwtsteel.com/brouchure/DownloadBrouchure. Archived from the original on 2022-03-19.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 https://timeskuwait.com/kuwait-steel-focused-on-expansion-committed-to-quality-safety-environment/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210920201338/https://www.kwtsteel.com/KWTSteel/Products/Steel-Making-Plant/Processing/Electric-Arc-Furnace. Archived from the original on 2021-09-20.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20250313082949/https://www.amiautomation.com/amiwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/PPMS003_2018.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2025.
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