Dinson Chivhu iron and steel plant
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Dinson Chivhu iron and steel plant, also known as Tsingshan Dinson, DISCO, is a steel plant in Chivhu, Mashonaland, Zimbabwe that operates blast furnace (BF), steelmaking, and electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Chivhu, Mashonaland, Zimbabwe:
- Location: Chivhu, Mashonaland Zimbabwe
- Coordinates (WGS 84): -18.940658, 30.608968 (exact)
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
Announced date | Construction date | Start date | Workforce size | Power source | Iron ore source | Coal source |
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2018[1] | 2021[2] | 2024-06[3][4][5][6] | 2200[4][7] | Sherwood substation, 300 mw power plants (70 mw currently on right now)[8][9][2][10] | Mwanesi iron ore fields[11][12] | unknown |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent company GEM ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner company GEM ID |
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Shanghai Decent Investment (Group) Co Ltd; TSINGSHAN Holding Group Co Ltd; unknown; Zhejiang Qingshan Business Management Co Ltd | 5000703672; unknown; not applicable; unknown | E100000128090; E100000128088; E100000132388; E100000128539 | Dinson Iron & Steel Company Pvt Ltd[13] | 5083857820 | E100000131195 |
Table 3: Process and Products
Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | ISO 14001 | ISO 50001 | Responsible steel | Main production equipment |
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semi-finished, finished rolled[4] | bar, billet, rebar, hot rolled, rolled wire rod, pig iron[14][4][15] | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | BF; EAF; Steel other/unspecified |
Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
Capacity operating status1 | Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Other/unspecified steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
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announced | 1200[16] | 3200[16][17][18][6] | 4400[16][17][18][6] |
operating | 600[16][19][17][18] | – | 600[16][19][17][18] |
Table 5: Plant-level Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
Capacity operating status1 | Blast furnace capacity | Nominal iron capacity (total) |
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announced | 4400[16] | 4400[16] |
operating | 600[16][19] | 600[16][19] |
Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
Ferronickel | Sinter | Coke | Pellets |
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NF | NF[20] | NF[21] | NF |
Table 7: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
Year | Other/unknown steel production | Total (all routes) |
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2024 | 0[4] | 0[4] |
Table 8: Actual Plant-level Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
Year | BF production | Other/unknown iron production |
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2024 | >0[22] | >0[22] |
Unit Details
Table 9: Blast Furnace Details
Unit name | Status | Announced date | Construction date | Start date | Current capacity (ttpa) | Decarbonization technology |
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BF 1 | operating[23][3] | 2018[1] | 2021[2] | 2024[23][3] | 600[19][16] | not found; not found |
unknown BF (1) | announced[16] | 2018[1] | – | – | 600[16] | not found; not found |
unknown BF (2) | announced[16] | 2018[1] | – | – | 2600[16] | unknown |
unknown BF (3) | announced[16] | 2018[1] | – | – | 1200[16] | unknown |
Table 10: Electric Arc Furnace Details
Unit name | Status | Announced date | Start date | Current capacity (ttpa) |
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unknown EAF (1) | operating[17][24][5][3] | – | 2022[24] | 600[19][17][18][16] |
unknown EAF (2) | announced[24] | 2022[24] | – | 1200[16] |
Table 11: 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) | None | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown |
unknown EAF (2) | None | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown |
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References
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