Kish South Kaveh Steel Hormuzgan plant

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Kish South Kaveh Steel Hormuzgan plant, also known as Kish South Kaveh Steel Company, SKS Steel Company, SKS CO., is a direct reduced iron-electric arc furnace (DRI-EAF) steel plant operating in Bandar Abbas, Hormuzgan, Iran.

Location

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  • Location: Bandar Abbas, Iran
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 27.169696, 56.095207 (exact)

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Phase Plant status Announced date Construction date Start date Workforce size
Main plant Operating[1] 2011[2] 160[3]
Expansion Operating[1] 2020[1] 2020[1] 2020[1]
Expansion Announced[4] [4]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Phase State-owned entity status Parent company Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company GEM ID
Main plant Partial Mostazafan Foundation [50.0%]; Taghtiran Industrial Group [50.0%] E100001000255 [50%]; E100000131164 [50%] Kish South Kaveh Steel Company[5] E100000131118

Table 3: Process and Products

Phase Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
Main plant crude; semi-finished[6] DRI; billet; ingot[6] 2021[7] DRI, EAF[8][9] 2 MIDREX DRI plants (600 ttpa each); 1 EAF (170-tonne)[8][9][2][10]
Expansion crude; semi-finished[6] DRI; billet; ingot[6] EAF[8][9] 1 EAF (170-tonne)[8][9]
Expansion crude; semi-finished[6] DRI; billet; ingot[6] DRI[4] 1 DRI plant[4]

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.
Phase Capacity operating status* Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
Main plant operating 1200 TTPA[1][8] 1200 TTPA[1][8]
Expansion operating 1200 TTPA[1][8] 1200 TTPA[1][8]
Expansion announced

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.
Phase Capacity operating status* Sponge iron/DRI capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
Main plant operating 1860 TTPA[10][2][9][10][2][9] 1860 TTPA[10][2][9][10][2][9]
Expansion operating
Expansion announced 1500 TTPA[4] 1500 TTPA[4]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 https://web.archive.org/web/20211204175724/https://irannewsdaily.com/2020/08/capacity-of-steel-production-grows-iranian-ceo-says/. Archived from the original on 04 December 2021. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20230119235707/https://en.sksco.ir/en/page/ironing-unit. Archived from the original on 19 January 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20240119074243/https://www.apollo.io/companies/South-Kaveh-Steel-Co---SKS-/57c507daa6da986a4f4c95b3?chart=count. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20230329165529/https://www.sksco.ir/fa/page/development-plans. Archived from the original on 29 March 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20210807133859/http://www.oecd.org/industry/ind/latest-developments-in-steelmaking-capacity-2020.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 07 August 2021. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20230608052051/https://www.sksco.ir/. Archived from the original on 08 June 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20230329160523/https://www.sksco.ir/fa/certificate. Archived from the original on 29 March 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220111173338/https://www.oecd.org/industry/ind/latest-developments-in-steelmaking-capacity-2021.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 https://web.archive.org/web/20220630092749/http://www.mme-co.de/en/Home/projects/SKS-meltshop.html. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20211129195124/https://www.midrex.com/wp-content/uploads/Midrex-STATSbookprint-2020.Final_.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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