Sohar Steel plant
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Sohar Steel plant (شركة صحار للحديد الصلب), also known as Sharq Sohar Steel, is a steel plant in Sohar, Al Batinah North, Oman that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Sohar, Al Batinah North, Oman:
- Location: Sohar Industrial Port Companies, Sohar, Oman
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 24.499869, 56.599111 (exact)
Background
Sohar Steel is one of the major producers of high strength steel reinforcement bars and other steel products in the Sultanate of Oman.[1]This plant closed in 2020 and got acquired by Jindal group and restarted in 2023.[2]
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|
| 2008[3][4][5] | 150[3] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent company GEM ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner company GEM ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vulcan Materials LLC [100.0%]; Templar Investments Ltd | unknown [100.0%]; 5073981194 | E100001016320 [100.0%]; E100001010331 | Sohar Steel LLC [100%][6] | 5074104877 | E100000131070 [100%] |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | ISO 14001 | Main production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| semi-finished, finished rolled[7] | billet, rebar[7] | building and infrastructure[8] | yes[9] | EAF |
Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status1 | Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| operating | 700[3][7][10] | 700[3][7][10] |
Table 5: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Year | EAF production | Other/unknown steel production |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | unknown | unknown |
| 2020 | unknown | unknown |
| 2021 | unknown | unknown |
| 2022 | unknown | unknown |
Unit Details
Table 6: Electric Arc Furnace Details
| Unit name | Status | Start date | Current capacity (ttpa) |
|---|---|---|---|
| EAF 1 | operating[6][11] | 2008[10] | 700[3][7][10] |
Table 7: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details
| Unit name | Scrap-based | % scrap | % DRI | % HBI | % sponge iron (unknown if DRI or HBI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EAF 1 | yes[12] | 69.80[13] | >0[13][12] | >0[13][12] | 30.20[13][12] |
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ "Sohar Steel LLC". Linkedin. Retrieved 09/29/2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Jindal Group acquires Sohar Steel after three years of hiatus". Retrieved 2023-09-29.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20230718074904/https://www.zawya.com/en/press-release/companies-news/jindal-group-acquires-sohar-steel-fp3umcry. Archived from the original on 2023-07-18.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240111022950/http://ww25.soharsteel.com/oman/index.php/3-company-profile?subid1=20240111-1329-5029-9dcd-a2162d674b5f. Archived from the original on 2024-01-11.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240119040301/https://www.mesteel.com/cgi-bin/w3-msql/goto_comp.htm?url=sharq&file=show_comp.htm. Archived from the original on 2024-01-19.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125062525/http://ww25.soharsteel.com/index.php/company-profile?subid1=20240125-1725-25a7-9644-45a847212d3c. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 https://soharportandfreezone.com/magazine/SOHAR_Magazine_2019/html/60-61/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.mbdatabase.com/Basic-Information/Sohar-Steel-LLC/59598.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220311041726/http://soharsteel.com/index.php/quality. Archived from the original on 2022-03-11.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240916190307/https://vulcansoharsteel.com/about-us/. Archived from the original on 2024-09-16.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240126001545/https://www.zawya.com/en/business/manufacturing/revived-sohar-steel-roars-back-to-life-at-full-capacity-in-record-time-h1bam43u. Archived from the original on 2024-01-26.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240809185523/https://www.steelorbis.com/steel-news/interviews/sundeep-rao-sohar-steels-meltshop-upgrade-will-be-a-new-step-forward-750062.htm. Archived from the original on 2024-08-09.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240802194915/https://www.carescertification.com/files/approvals/2283/sustainability/BREG%2520EN%2520EPD%2520No.%2520000231.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-08-02.
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