Rajhi Al Assemah Steel Jeddah plant

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Rajhi Al Assemah Steel Jeddah plant (حديد الراجحي), also known as Rajhi Steel, is a steel plant in Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

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  • Location: Kornish Road, 2142 Jeddah, Makkah - Hijaz Region (West) - Saudi Arabia
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 21.290402, 39.183444 (exact)

Background

The Rajhi Al Assemah Steel Jeddah plant was established in 1984. Little recent news or information on the plant is available; no environmental noncompliance or safety incidents seemed to have occurred at the IRajhi Al Assemah Steel Jeddah plant in recent years.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Workforce size
1984[1] 60[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 Saudi Iron and Steel Co 5000051849 E100000130924 Rajhi Steel Industries Co Ltd[3][1] 5034762548 E100000130969

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Main production equipment
semi-finished[1] billet[1] unknown unknown EAF

Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

1Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status1 Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating 850[4] 850[4]

Table 5: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

Sinter Coke Pellets
NF NF NF

Table 6: Actual Plant-level Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year BF production Other/unknown iron production
2019 unknown unknown
2020 unknown unknown
2021 unknown unknown
2022 unknown unknown

Unit Details

Table 7: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name Status Announced date Start date Furnace manufacturer and model Current capacity (ttpa) Current size (tonnes)
unknown EAF (1) operating[4] 2005[5] 2006[6][5] Danieli[5] 850[4] 100.0[5]

Table 8: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name Scrap-based % scrap
unknown EAF (1) yes[7] >0[7]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125061800/https://www.linkedin.com/company/alrajhi-steel-industreis-company. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.al_assemah_steel_billets_factory.d1df00d39625739f2f4bdddf85209ccf.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20231117152613/https://rajhisteel.com/. Archived from the original on 2023-11-17. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 . 2023-09-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20240530222933/https://www.seaisi.org/details/23450?type=news-rooms. Archived from the original on 2024-05-30. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 https://www.aist.org/danieli-to-supply-steelmaking-plant-for-al-rajhi-steel. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://rajhisteel.com/en/about-us/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 https://akalrajhisteel.sa/en/about-us/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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