Solb Steel Jizan plant

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Solb Steel Jizan plant (صلب ستيل), also known as South Steel Company (predecessor), is a steel plant in Jizan, Jizan Region, Saudi Arabia that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Jizan, Jizan Region, Saudi Arabia:

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  • Location: PC 45971, Jazan Economic City, PO Box 111, Jizan, Saudi Arabia
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 17.298475, 42.352338 (exact)

Background

Solb Steel Jizan began operating in 2009 and began operating commercially in 2013.[1][2]

Little recent public information concerning the plant is available; no environmental or safety incidents are published.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Workforce size
2009[3][4] 2000[5]

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
Partial Industries Qatar QPSC [40.4%]; Saudi Pan Kingdom for Trading Industry and Contracting Co Ltd 4295886945 [40.4%]; 5000846883 E100000000840 [40.4%]; E100000130941 Solb Steel Co [100%][3] 5000037230 E100000130915 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled[6] billet, wire rod, rebar[6] 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 1200[7] 1200[7]

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 Current capacity (ttpa) Current size (tonnes)
unknown EAF (1) operating[8][9] 1200[7] 120.0[7]

Table 7: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name Scrap-based % scrap % DRI % HBI % sponge iron (unknown if DRI or HBI)
unknown EAF (1) yes[5][10] 33.00[11][12] >0[13][11][12] >0[13][11][12] 67.00[13][11][12]

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References

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  2. "Strategic Investments". Qatar Steel. Retrieved 2022-02-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. 3.0 3.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125061216/https://www.protenders.com/companies/solb-steel-company-36cd41b2-b79a-49c0-83c6-6906057a7867. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20230605043226/https://www.qatarsteel.com.qa/chairmans-message/investment-in-subsidiaries-and-associates/. Archived from the original on 05 June 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 https://www.scrapmonster.com/company/solb-steel/75461. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20200629062414/http://www.solbsteel.com:80/ssc/prodspecs.php. Archived from the original on 2020-06-29. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20210306111544/http://www.solbsteel.com/ssc/introduction.php. Archived from the original on 2021-03-06. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  9. https://www.kallanish.com/en/news/steel/market-reports/article-details/saudis-solb-back-in-the-finished-longs-competition-0524/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240906171702/https://www.solbsteel.com/ssc/overview.php. Archived from the original on 2024-09-06. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240903161402/https://www.qatarsteel.com.qa/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/QS_Annual_Sustainability_Report_2021.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-09-03. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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