ArcelorMittal Sonasid Casablanca steel plant

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ArcelorMittal Sonasid Casablanca steel plant, also known as Sonasid - Nationale de Siderurgie, is a steel plant in El Jadida, Casablanca-Settat, Morocco that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the plant in El Jadida, Casablanca-Settat, Morocco:

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  • Location: ArcelorMittal Sonasid - Jorf Lasfar, P.O.Box 856 and 857, El Jadida, Jorf Lasfar, Morocco
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 33.136529, -8.603555 (exact)

Background

AcrelorMittal Sonasid Casablanca steel plant started operating in 2005. It jointly owned by by ArcelorMittal and Sonasid, a state-owned holding company.[1]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Workforce size
2005[2] 855[3]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
ArcelorMittal SA 5000030092 E100000000687 ArcelorMittal SA[4] 5000030092 E100000000687

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled[5] wire rod, rebar[6] building and infrastructure[7] yes[8] unknown 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 800[2] 800[2]

Table 5: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year EAF production Total (all routes)
2019 500[9] 500[9]
2020 500[10] 500[10]
2021 600[11] 600[11]
2022 600[12] 600[12]
2023 600[13] 600[13]

Unit Details

Table 6: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown EAF (1) operating[4] 2005[14] 800[2]

Table 7: 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[15] >0[15] >0[15] unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown

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References

  1. "Notre histoire". www.sonasid.ma (in français). Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20220922021003/http://www.sonasid.ma/Profil/Activites. Archived from the original on 2022-09-22. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://www.mesteel.com/cgi-bin/w3-msql/goto.htm?url=https://www.mesteel.com/countries/morocco/overview.htm. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220320150933/https://barsandrods.arcelormittal.com/mills/sonasid. Archived from the original on 2022-03-20. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220121144844/https://factbook2018.arcelormittal.com/~/media/Files/A/Arcelormittal-Factbook-2018/AM_FactBook_2018.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-21. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20220922025743/http://www.sonasid.ma/Produits/Catalogue-produits. Archived from the original on 2022-09-22. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20220319023547/http://www.sonasid.ma/Profil/Strategie. Archived from the original on 2022-03-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. (PDF) https://barsandrods.arcelormittal.com/wiresolutions/repo/Barsandrods/2018_BarsandRods_brochure_web_new.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. 9.0 9.1 "Fact Book 2019" (PDF). ArcelorMittal. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-11-03.
  10. 10.0 10.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20211231044946/https://corporate-media.arcelormittal.com/media/w0epovkr/2020-arcelormittal-annual-report.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-12-31. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. 11.0 11.1 (PDF) https://corporate.arcelormittal.com/media/3z1ozw5h/arcelor-mittal-fact-book-2021.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. 12.0 12.1 "Fact Book 2022" (PDF). ArcelorMittal. 2023-04-25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-10-29.
  13. 13.0 13.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240708210939/https://corporate.arcelormittal.com/media/qwghoup1/annual-report-2023_combined.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-07-08. Retrieved 2024-06-27. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. (PDF) https://media.sonasid.ma/sites/default/files/2024-10/brochure_institutionnelle_1_0.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. 15.0 15.1 15.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240903160120/https://barsandrods.arcelormittal.com/wiresolutions/repository2/Barsandrods/2018_BarsandRods_brochure_web_new.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-09-03. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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