Egyptian Sponge Iron and Steel Company Sadat City plant
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Egyptian Sponge Iron and Steel Company Sadat City plant (الشركة المصرية للحديد الإسفنجي و الصلب), also known as ESISCo, is a steel plant in Sadat City, Menofia, Egypt that operates direct reduced iron (DRI) and electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Sadat City, Menofia, Egypt:
- Location: 5th Industrial Zone, Sadat City, Egypt
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 30.393079, 30.58773 (exact)
Background
The Egyptian Sponge Iron and Steel plant in Sadat City has been operating since 2008. 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 |
|---|---|
| 2008[2] | 1750 |
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 Sponge Iron & Steel Company SAE [100%][3] | 5040955029 | E100000131010 [100%] |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Main production equipment |
|---|---|---|
| crude, semi-finished, finished rolled[4] | wire rod, rebar, billet, angle, profile[4] | DRI; EAF |
Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status1 | Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| operating | 3000[3] | 3000[3] |
Table 5: Plant-level Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status1 | Sponge iron/DRI capacity | Nominal iron capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| operating | 1800[3] | 1800[3] |
Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Sinter | Pellets |
|---|---|
| NF | NF |
Table 7: 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 |
Table 8: Actual Plant-level Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Year | DRI production | Other/unknown iron production |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | unknown | unknown |
| 2020 | unknown | unknown |
| 2021 | unknown | unknown |
| 2022 | unknown | unknown |
Unit Details
Table 9: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details
| Unit name | Status | Start date | Furnace manufacturer and model | Furnace type | Current capacity (ttpa) | Reductant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown DRI (1) | operating[3] | 2015[5] | Midrex[5] | not found | 1800[3] | not found |
Table 10: Electric Arc Furnace Details
| Unit name | Status | Announced date | Start date | Furnace manufacturer and model | Current capacity (ttpa) | Current size (tonnes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown EAF (1) | operating[3] | 2007[6] | 2009[6] | Siemens[6] | 1500[3] | 165.0[7][8][3] |
| unknown EAF (2) | operating[3] | – | – | – | 1500[3] | –[7][8][3] |
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
- ↑ Kassab, Beesan (08/29/2022). "Beshay Steel workers strike, demand wage increase". Mada Masr. Retrieved 09/26/2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220121112804/https://www.linkedin.com/company/egyptian-sponge-iron-&-steel-company/about/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-21.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 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) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 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) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240123183727/https://www.midrex.com/tech-article/midrex-direct-reduction-plants-2015-operations-summary/. Archived from the original on 2024-01-23.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 https://www.aist.org/siemens-to-supply-eaf-meltshop-for-egyptian-sponge-iron-steel.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220320173526/https://www.midrex.com/about-midrex/midrex-plants/. Archived from the original on 2022-03-20.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 https://www.aist.org/news/steel-news/2007/november/siemens-to-supply-eaf-meltshop-for-egyptian-sponge/.
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