Egyptian American Steel Rolling Company Sadat City plant

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Egyptian American Steel Rolling Company Sadat City plant (بشاي للصلب), also known as EARSCo, Beshay Steel, is a steel plant in Sadat City, Menofia, Egypt that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

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  • Location: 5th Industrial Zone, Sadat City, Egypt
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 30.389174, 30.571894 (exact)

Background

The Egyptian American Steel Rolling Company plant in Sadat City has been operating since 1998. It is owned by Beshay Steel group, the largest privately owned steel producer in Egypt. In September 2022, plant workers went on a strike to protest low wages.[1]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Workforce size
1998[2] 1750[3][4]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Beshay Steel 5040954607 E100000131009 Egyptian American Steel Rolling Company SAE [100%][2] 5074202081 E100000131072 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Main production equipment
crude, semi-finished, finished rolled[5] wire rod, rebar, billet, angle, profile[5] 2020[6] 2020[6] 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 1200[2] 1200[2]

Table 5: 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

Unit Details

Table 6: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown EAF (1) operating[2] 2003[7] 1200[2]

Table 7: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name Scrap-based % scrap % DRI
unknown EAF (1) yes[8] 20.00[8] 80.00[9]

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References

  1. Kassab, Beesan (August 29, 2022). "Beshay Steel workers strike, demand wage increase". Mada Masr. Retrieved 9/20/2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125062226/https://www.beshaysteel.com/subsidiaries-and-capacities/. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20211224050256/https://www.beshaysteel.com/. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20230516132607/https://www.linkedin.com/company/beshay-steel. Archived from the original on 2023-05-16. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20210225114011/https://www.beshaysteel.com/categories/. Archived from the original on 2021-02-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220320184542/https://www.beshaysteel.com/specifications/. Archived from the original on 2022-03-20. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20210225100134/https://www.beshaysteel.com/history/. Archived from the original on 2021-02-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220205165729/https://www.ezzsteel.com/ezz-steel-plants/sadat-city-steelmaking-plant. Archived from the original on 2022-02-05. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20220114002708/https://www.ezzsteel.com/ezz-steel-plants. Archived from the original on 2022-01-14. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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