Ahya Steel Folad Baft Company DRI plant

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Ahya Steel Folad Baft Company DRI plant, also known as Baft Steel Company, is a direct reduced iron (DRI) steel plant operating in Baft, Kerman, Iran.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Baft, Kerman, Iran:

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• Location: Kerman, Baft, kilometer 12 of Baft road, Sirjan
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 29.289109, 56.490707 (exact)

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Phase	Plant status	Construction date	Start date	Workforce size
Main plant	Operating	2007	2019	300
Expansion	Operating	2019-01	2023	300

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Phase	State-owned entity status	Parent company	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company GEM ID
Main plant	Partial	Mahan Mines and Industries Development Co [60.0%]; Bank of Industry and Mine (Iran) [20.0%]; Iranian Mines & Mining Industries Development & Renovation Organization [20.0%]	E100000131198 [60%]; E100001012523 [20%]; E100001000255 [20%]	Ahya Steel Folad Baft Company	E100001012522

Table 3: Process and Products

Phase	Steel product category	Steel products	ISO 14001	Main production equipment	Detailed production equipment
Main plant	crude	DRI	yes	DRI	1 DRI
Expansion	crude	DRI	–	DRI	1 DRI

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.

Phase	Capacity operating status*
Main plant	operating
Expansion	operating

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.

Phase	Capacity operating status*	Sponge iron/DRI capacity	Nominal iron capacity (total)
Main plant	operating	800 TTPA	800 TTPA
Expansion	operating	800 TTPA	800 TTPA

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

Phase	Pellets
Main plant	–
Expansion	2500 TTPA

Articles and Resources

Additional data

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Resources

• Company website