Khorasan Steel Complex

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Khorasan Steel Complex (مجتمع فولاد خراسان (سهامی عام) (‎Persian)), also known as KSCCO, is a direct reduced iron-electric arc furnace (DRI-EAF) steel plant operating in Nishapur, Razavi Khorasan, Iran.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Nishapur, Razavi Khorasan, Iran:

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  • Location: Neishabur-Firouzeh Road, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 36.344500, 58.678750 (exact)

Background

Khorasan Steel Complex has been listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange since January 1991.[1]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
Operating[2] 2001[2] 5000[2]

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 Khorasan Steel Complex Co [100%] 5001102884 [100%] E100001000255 Khorasan Steel Complex Co[2] 5001102884 E100001010258

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
crude; semi-finished[2] rebar, billets, DRI, HBI[2] yes[3] yes[3] DRI, EAF[4] pelletizing plant (began in 2018); 2 DRI plants (plant #1 (began in Feb 2010), plant #2 (began in 2011)); 2 EAF (EAF#1, EAF#2 (began in 2017))[4][5][6]

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 1400 TTPA[2][4][7][4] 1400 TTPA[2][4][7][4]

Table 5: 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 1600 TTPA[2][8][2][8] 1600 TTPA[2][8][2][8]

Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

Pellets
2500 TTPA[2]

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References

  1. National Iranian Steel Company at a Glance, NISCO, Retrieved on: Jul. 14, 2020
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 https://kscco.ir/en/at-a-glance. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 https://kscco.ir/en/Policies. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 https://kscco.ir/en/history. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20230610180133/https://iritec.co/en/project-details/khorasan-steel-making-expansion/. Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20210411001445/https://financialtribune.com/articles/economy-business-and-markets/63335/steel-production-capacity-boosted-by-700000-tonsyear. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20211216201449/https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/prd-wret/assets/palladium/production/mineral-pubs/country/2015/myb3-2015-ir.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 (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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