Egyptian Iron & Steel Company Cairo plant
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Egyptian Iron & Steel Company Cairo plant (شركة الحديد والصلب المصرية (Arabic)), also known as Hadisolb, is a blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) retired steel plant in Helwan, Cairo, Egypt.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Helwan, Cairo, Egypt:
- Location: Eltabin, Helwan, Cairo, Egypt
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 29.774458, 31.312013 (exact)
Background
The Egyptian Iron & Steel Company plant in Cairo started its operation in 1957. It is considered one of the oldest public sector companies in Egypt. In January of 2021, the government took a decision to liquidate the company due to losses of nearly $450 millions.[1]
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Plant status | Start date | Idled date | Retired date | Iron ore source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retired[2][3] | 1957[4] | 2021[5][3] | 2021[5][3] | Baharia mines, Ghorabi, El Hara, Nasser |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| State-owned entity status | Parent company | Parent company GEM ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner company GEM ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partial | Egyptian Iron & Steel Co [100%] | E100001012453 | Egyptian Iron & Steel Company SAE[2] | 4295866262 | E100000130694 |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Main production equipment | Detailed production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|
| semi-finished; finished rolled[6] | hot-rolled, cold-rolled, strip, rolls, rebar, iron ore[6] | BF, BOF[7] | 2 sinter plants (began in 1958 and 1960); 4 BOF (3 90-tonne BOF (began in 1973), 1 BOF (began in 2007))[4] |
Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status* | Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| retired | 3200 TTPA[8][8][8][8] | 3200 TTPA[8][8][8][8] |
Table 5: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status* | Blast furnace capacity | Nominal iron capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| retired | 1400 TTPA[4][4][7][4] | 1400 TTPA[4][4][7][4] |
Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Sinter |
|---|
| 3000 TTPA[4] |
Blast Furnace Details
Table 7: Blast Furnace Details
| Unit name | Status | Announced date | Construction date | Start date | Retired date | Current size | Current capacity (ttpa) | Decarbonization technology | Most recent relining |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | retired[9] | unknown | unknown | 1958[4] | 2021[9] | 575 m³[4] | 200[4] | unknown | 2005[10] |
| 2 | retired[9] | unknown | unknown | 1960[4] | 2021[9] | 575 m³[4] | 200[4] | unknown | 2005[10] |
| 3 | retired[9] | unknown | unknown | 1972[4] | 2021[9] | 1033 m³[4] | 500[7] | unknown | 2005[10] |
| 4 | retired[9] | unknown | unknown | 1977[4] | 2021[9] | 1033 m³[4] | 500[4] | unknown | 2005[10] |
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References
- ↑ "Egypt closes national iron and steel company ahead of liquidation". Middle East Monitor. 2021-06-01. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125054822/http://www.hadisolb.com/hadisolb_en.html. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 https://www.reuters.com/article/egypt-economy-steel-ye4-idARAKBN29H0WJ.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220126162010/http://www.hadisolb.com/pdf/Egyption_Iron_&_Steel_Company_DOC/Egyption_Iron_&_Steel_Company_EN.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20210809135419/https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210601-egypt-closes-national-iron-and-steel-company-ahead-of-liquidation/. Archived from the original on 09 August 2021.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20211205084952/http://hadisolb.com/. Archived from the original on 05 December 2021.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220126162010/http://www.hadisolb.com/pdf/Egyption_Iron_&_Steel_Company_DOC/Egyption_Iron_&_Steel_Company_EN.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 https://web.archive.org/web/20211214113744/https://www.arabnews.com/node/1986211/business-economy. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 https://web.archive.org/web/20220509010751/https://egyptwatch.net/2021/06/04/workers-of-egyptian-iron-steel-co-demonstrate-over-factorys-closure/. Archived from the original on 09 May 2022.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 https://epdf.pub/developments-in-steelmaking-capacity-of-non-oecd-economies.html.
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