Egyptian Steel Ain Sokhna plant

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Egyptian Steel Ain Sokhna plant (مصنع العين السخنة - الحديد المصريين (Arabic)) is an electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Attaka, Suez, Egypt.

Location

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  • Location: The industrial zone of Suez Industrial Development Company, Suez Governorate, Egypt
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 29.64769, 32.27890 (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. [1]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Construction date Start date Workforce size
Operating[2] 2014[3] 2018[4] 700[5]

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
Full Egyptian Steel [100%] 5037967273 [100%] E100000131084 [100%] Egyptian Steel[2] 5037967273 E100000130995

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
semi-finished; finished rolled[6] billet, rebar[6] building and infrastructure[6] EAF[6][7] 1 EAF (began 2018)[6][7]

Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status* Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 600 TTPA[7] 600 TTPA[7]

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References

  1. Egyptian Steel. "Egyptian Steel". www.egyptian-steel.com. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
  2. 2.0 2.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230126131808/https://www.egyptian-steel.com/group-structure/. Archived from the original on 26 January 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20230314091215/https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/3/31420/Egyptian-Steel-s-Ain-Sokhna-steel-factory-to-open-next. Archived from the original on 14 March 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://www.arabianbusiness.com/gcc/saudi-arabia/saudi-arabia-industries/397751-egyptian-steel-launches-its-fourth-steel-plant-in-al-ain-al-sokhna. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. (PDF) https://www.greentrade.org.tw/sites/default/files/201705%20Egyptian%20Steel%20Brochure06.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20230126131802/https://www.egyptian-steel.com/plants/al-ain-al-sokhna-plant/. Archived from the original on 26 January 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 https://www.kallanish.com/en/news/steel/market-reports/article-details/Egyptian-Steel-Beni-Suef-plant/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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