Ghadir Iron and Steel plant Yazd

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Ghadir Iron & Steel plant Yazd (شرکت آهن و فولاد غدیر ایرانیان (‎Persian)), also known as Yazd Industrial & Constructional, Meibod (Maybod) Steel Co. (predecessor), is a direct reduced iron (DRI) steel plant operating in Ardakan, Yazd, Iran.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Ardakan, Yazd, Iran:

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  • Location: 25th Km. Ardakan, Naein Road, Yazd, Iran
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 32.3912000, 53.749600 (exact)

Background

Electric steel production at Ghadir Iron & Steel stopped sometime between 2015 and the present. USGS reported steel production in 2015.[1]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date
Operating[2] 2011[3]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company GEM ID
Chadormalu Mining & Industrial Co [33.3%]; Ghadir Investment Company PJSC [33.3%]; Iran Alloy Steel Co [33.3%] 4297815200 [33.3%]; unknown [33.3%]; unknown [33.3%] E100000000543 [33.3%]; E100000131115 [33.3%]; E100000000561 [12.5%]; E100001011682 [5.5%]; E100001000255 Iranian Ghadir Iron & Steel Co.[2] E100000131116

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
crude[4] DRI; CBI[4] DRI[3] 1 Midrex DRI plant (began in 2010)[3]

Table 4: Crude Iron 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* Sponge iron/DRI capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
operating 800 TTPA[5][3] 800 TTPA[5][3]

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References

  1. 2015 Mineral Yearbook Iran, USGS, Sep. 2018
  2. 2.0 2.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20210723215643/http://igisco.com/en/. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 https://www.igisco.ir/en/about-us. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240119053336/https://www.igisco.ir/en/products/main-products. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20231103031625/https://www.midrex.com/wp-content/uploads/MidrexSTATSBook2022.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 03 November 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

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