Egyptian Steel Ain Sokhna plant

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Egyptian Steel Ain Sokhna plant (مصنع العين السخنة - الحديد المصريين) is a steel plant in Attaka, Suez, Egypt that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Attaka, Suez, Egypt:

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• Location: The industrial zone of Suez Industrial Development Company, Suez Governorate, Egypt
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 29.64769, 32.2789 (exact)

Background

The Egyptian Steel Ain Sokhna plant has been operating since 2018. It produces steel rebar and square billets. It's Melt Shop plant uses 80% scrap.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Construction date	Start date	Workforce size
2014	2018	700

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

State-owned entity status	Parent company	Parent company PermID	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner company GEM ID
Partial	Al Ezz Dekheila Steel Company Alexandria SAE; National Service Project Organization	4295866236; 5079208005	E100000130693; E100000131084	Egyptian Steel Group [100%]	5037967273	E100000130995 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category	Steel products	Steel sector end users	Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled	billet, rebar	building and infrastructure	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	600	600

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	Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown EAF (1)	operating	600

Table 7: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name	Scrap-based	% scrap	% 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	80.00	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	20.00

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Resources

• Company website