Jindal Shadeed Iron & Steel Duqm plant

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Jindal Shadeed Iron & Steel Duqm plant (جندال شديد للحديد و الصلب (Arabic)), also known as Vulcan Green Steel, is a direct reduced iron-electric arc furnace (DRI-EAF) steel plant under construction in Duqm, Al Wusta, Oman.

Location

The map below shows the approximate location of the plant in Duqm, Al Wusta, Oman:

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• Location: Special Economic Zone, Duqm (Sezad), Oman
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 19.640299, 57.677866 (approximate)

Background

Jindal Shadeed Iron & Steel is a steel manufacturing company based in the Special Economic Zone in Duqum of the Sultanate of Oman. It is the largest privately-owned integrated steel producer in the Persian Gulf region. Jindal Shadeed has made commitments to foster socio-economic growth and support Oman's transition to a green, circular economy. The Duqum plant will be a hydrogen-ready green steel complex.

Low-emissions/green steelmaking

This steel plant is associated with a green steel project tracked in the Green Steel Tracker. Details about the project are included below.

Table 1: Green Steel Project Details

All references for the above data are available in the Green Steel Tracker.

	Project 1
Company	Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL)
Company has climate goals?	No
Location	Duqm, Oman
Project name	Duqm - Jindal Shadeed
Project website	Not available
Project scale	Full scale
Project status	Announced
Year to be online	2026
Technology to be used	H-DRI
Technology details	H-DRI + EAF
Iron production capacity (million tonnes per year)	Not stated
Steel production capacity (million tonnes per year)	5
CO2 capture (million tonnes CO2 per year)	Not applicable
Hydrogen generation capacity(MW)	Not stated
Investment size	3370
Partners	-
Date of announcement	2023-03-14

Plant Details

Table 2: General Plant Details

Phase	Plant status	Announced date	Construction date	Start date	Power source
Main plant	Construction	2022	2023	2026	Plan to use renewable energy sources from Marafiq (centralised utility provider); 600 MW solar plant
Expansion	Construction	2022	2023	2027	Plan to use renewable energy sources from Marafiq (centralised utility provider); 600 MW solar plant
Expansion	Construction	2022	2023	2027	Plan to use renewable energy sources from Marafiq (centralised utility provider); 600 MW solar plant

Table 3: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Phase	Parent company	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner company GEM ID
Main plant	Jindal Steel & Power Ltd [100.0%]	E100001010036 [18.5%]; E100001010328 [14.4%]; E100001010037 [7.7%]; E100001001119 [6.3%]	Jindal Shadeed Iron and Steel LLC	4297115884	E100000130818

Table 4: Process and Products

Phase	Main production equipment	Detailed production equipment
Main plant	DRI, EAF	DRI plant (Tenova and Danieli), 1 EAF
Expansion	DRI, EAF	DRI plant (Tenova and Danieli), 1 EAF
Expansion	DRI, EAF	DRI plant (Tenova and Danieli), 1 EAF

Table 5: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.

Phase	Capacity operating status*	Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
Main plant	construction	2500 TTPA	2500 TTPA
Expansion	construction	2500 TTPA	2500 TTPA
Expansion	announced	–	–

Table 6: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.

Phase	Capacity operating status*	Sponge iron/DRI capacity	Nominal iron capacity (total)
Main plant	construction	2250 TTPA	2250 TTPA
Expansion	construction	–	–
Expansion	announced	2250 TTPA	2250 TTPA

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