Premium Steel Warri plant
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Premium Steel Warri plant, also known as Premium Steel and Mines Limited, PSML, Delta Steel Company (DSC), Ovwian-Aladja (predecessor), Delta State (predecessor), is a direct reduced iron-electric arc furnace (DRI-EAF) idled steel plant in Warri, Delta State, Nigeria.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Warri, Delta State, Nigeria:
- Location: Vwian-Aladja, Warri, Delta State, Nigeria
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 5.480763, 5.769839 (exact)
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Plant status | Start date | Idled date | Workforce size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mothballed[1][2][3] | 1982[4] | 2021[2] | 800[5] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Owner | Owner company GEM ID |
|---|---|
| Premium Steel and Mines Limited (PSML)[1][6] | E100000131157 |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Main production equipment | Detailed production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|
| semi-finished; finished rolled[7][8] | billets, rolled products, wire rod and mesh, equal angles, IPN profile, U profile, square bar, round bar[7][8] | DRI, EAF[4][9] | 1 Midrex DRI plant (2 modules, 1.02 MTPA, began in 1982); EAF (# unknown)[4][10][9] |
Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status* | Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| mothballed | 1000 TTPA[11] | 1000 TTPA[11] |
Table 5: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status* | Sponge iron/DRI capacity | Nominal iron capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| mothballed | 1020 TTPA[9][9] | 1020 TTPA[9][9] |
Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Pellets |
|---|
| >0 TTPA[12] |
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240124201430/https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/south-south-regional/492952-reps-panel-commences-probe-into-collapse-1-89-billion-delta-steel-company.html. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240124202515/https://independent.ng/delta-steel-company-now-the-day-is-over/. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240124202629/https://independent.ng/premium-steel-clarifies-court-victory-on-emowhe-land-in-delta/. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220114115907/https://guardian.ng/features/how-nigerian-government-indians-wreck-multi-billion-dollar-delta-steel-company-rip-off-host-communities-and-tax-payers/. Archived from the original on 14 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220930040703/https://guardian.ng/property/delta-steel-story-of-arrested-dreams-to-industrialise-nigeria/. Archived from the original on 30 September 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/01/ownership-of-emowhe-land-premium-steel-wins-in-court-cautions-trespassers/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220126190905/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/314252681_The_Challenge_of_Domestic_Iron_and_Steel_Production_in_Nigeria. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20200801144437/http://premiumnigeria.com:80/index.html. Archived from the original on 01 August 2020.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220318083849/http://www.midrex.com/wp-content/uploads/Midrex-Plants-Sheet2021-1.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220320173526/https://www.midrex.com/about-midrex/midrex-plants/. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 11.0 11.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240124204545/https://www.academia.edu/10085101/The_Midrex_Process_and_the_Nigerian_Steel_Industry. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220125182311/https://www.icirnigeria.org/investigation-delta-steel-company-is-dead-its-former-staff-are-dying/. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022.
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