F&F Steel Erbil plant

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F&F Steel Erbil plant, also known as Hend Steel, is a steel plant in Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

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  • Location: Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 36.115147, 43.977052 (exact)

Background

F&F Steel Ebril plant, also known as Hend Steel, is a steel making facility that houses a 170-tonnes EAF. The company started its operation in 2013 and it produces reinforcing bars from raw steel scrap.[1]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date
2013-09[2][3]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Barz Group; Hend Steel Co unknown; unknown E100001013035; E100001013034 F&F Steel [100%][2][4] unknown E100001013032 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled[2] billet, rebar[2] 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[2] 600[2]

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 Start date Furnace manufacturer and model Current capacity (ttpa) Current size (tonnes)
unknown EAF (1) operating[2] 2013[3] CVS Makine[3] 600[2] 70.0[5][6]

Table 7: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name Scrap-based % scrap
unknown EAF (1) yes[2][6] 100.00[2][6]

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References

  1. "Who we are". hendsteel.com. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 https://web.archive.org/web/20240302061137/https://hendsteel.com/who-we-are. Archived from the original on 02 March 2024. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20240229040628/https://www.steelorbis.com/steel-news/latest-news/erbil-based-ff-steel-casts-first-billets-803647.htm. Archived from the original on 2024-02-29. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240302061059/https://pubs.usgs.gov/myb/vol3/2019/myb3-2019-iraq.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-03-02. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://publuu.com/flip-book/474347/1066213/page/2. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20240302061551/https://hendsteel.com/news/2. Archived from the original on 2024-03-02. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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