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Esfahan Steel Isfahan plant (شرکت ذوب آهن اصفهان (Persian)), also known as ESCO, Esfahan Aryamehr Steel Company (Predecessor), is a blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) and electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Lenjan, Isfahan, Iran.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Lenjan, Isfahan, Iran:
- Location: Lenjan, Isfahan Province, Iran
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 32.418304, 51.331314 (exact)
Background
Esfahan Steel began operating in 1971 and was/is the first and largest manufacturer of construction steel products in Iran.[1] The company's government registration number is 25230.[2]
In 2015, an explosion at the plant killed three workers and injured another four.[3]
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
Phase | Plant status | Start date | Workforce size |
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Main plant | Operating[4] | 1971[5] | 14000[6] |
Expansion | Announced[7] | – | – |
Expansion | Announced[7] | – | – |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
Phase | State-owned entity status | Parent company | Parent company GEM ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner company GEM ID |
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Main plant | Full | Iranian Mines & Mining Industries Development & Renovation Organization | E100001000255 | Esfahan Steel Co[8] | 4297254997 | E100001010254 |
Table 3: Process and Products
Phase | Steel product category | Steel products | Main production equipment | Detailed production equipment |
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Main plant | crude; semi-finished; finished rolled[9] | beam, angles, round bars, channels, pig iron[9] | BF, BOF, EAF[5][10] | coking plant; 3 BOF; EAF (# unknown, began in 2020)[5][11][12][10] |
Expansion | crude; semi-finished; finished rolled[9] | beam, angles, round bars, channels, pig iron[9] | BOF[5][7] | BOF (# unknown)[7] |
Expansion | crude; semi-finished; finished rolled[9] | beam, angles, round bars, channels[9] | EAF[5][7] | EAF (# unknown)[7] |
Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
Phase | Capacity operating status* | Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity | Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
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Main plant | operating | 3600 TTPA[4][12][13][4][4] | 1000 TTPA[10][13] | 4600 TTPA[4][12][13][4][4][10][13] |
Expansion | announced | 2280 TTPA[14] | – | 2280 TTPA[14] |
Expansion | announced | – | 1650 TTPA[14] | 1650 TTPA[14] |
Table 5: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
Phase | Capacity operating status* | Blast furnace capacity | Nominal iron capacity (total) |
---|---|---|---|
Main plant | operating | 3600 TTPA[15][16][17][18] | 3600 TTPA[15][16][17][18] |
Expansion | announced | – | – |
Expansion | announced | – | – |
Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
Phase | Coke |
---|---|
Main plant | >0 TTPA[15] |
Expansion | – |
Expansion | – |
Blast Furnace Details
Table 7: Blast Furnace Details
Unit name | Status | Announced date | Construction date | Start date | Furnace manufacturer and model | Current size | Current capacity (ttpa) | Decarbonization technology | Most recent relining |
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1 | operating[19][20][21][22] | unknown | unknown | 1972[23] | – | 1000 m³[24] | 700[15][16] | unknown | 2011-09[24][25] |
2 | operating[20] | unknown | unknown | unknown[17] | METPROM[17] | 2270 m³[17] | 1500[17] | unknown | 2013[17] |
3 | operating[18] | unknown | unknown | 2009[18] | POSCO[18][26] | 2020 m³[26] | 1400[18] | unknown | unknown |
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ "شرکت ذوب آهن اصفهان". Esfahan Steel. Archived from the original on January 14, 2022. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
- ↑ Profile, ESCO, Retrieved on: Jul. 14, 2020
- ↑ "شرکت ذوب آهن اصفهان". Esfahan Steel. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
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