State Company for Iron & Steel Basra plant

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State Company for Iron & Steel Basra plant (الشركة العامة لصناعة الحديد والصلب), also known as United Brothers Holding, SCIS, is a steel plant in Khor Al-Zubair, Basra, Iraq that operates direct reduced iron (DRI) and electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Khor Al-Zubair, Basra, Iraq:

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Location: Khor Al-Zubair, Basra, Iraq
Coordinates (WGS 84): 30.2471634, 47.832418 (exact)

Background

The State Company for Iron and Steel Basra plant was originally established in 1971 by the Ministry of Industry and Minerals. Due to war in the region, steel production has stopped and the plant is currently under rehabilitation.^[1] As of May 2022, the company announced that 90% of the rehabilitation took place.^[2] According to a news source, in 2023 a number of employees were arrested due to forging financial documents.^[3]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details


Workforce size
500^[4]

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	State Company for Iron and Steel (Iraq)	4296684788	E100000001965	State Company for Iron and Steel (Iraq)^[5]	4296684788	E100000001965

Table 3: Process and Products


Steel product category	Steel products	ISO 14001	ISO 50001	Main production equipment
semi-finished^[6]	billet, rebar, sections^[6]^[4]	unknown	unknown	DRI; 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)
construction	500^[4]^[7]	500^[4]^[7]

Table 5: Plant-level Crude Iron 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	Sponge iron/DRI capacity	Nominal iron capacity (total)
construction	0^[8]^[9]	0^[8]^[9]

Unit Details

Table 6: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details


Unit name	Status	Furnace type	Current capacity (ttpa)	Reductant
unknown DRI (1)	construction^[10]^[11]^[12]	not found	0^[9]^[8]	not found

Table 7: Electric Arc Furnace Details


Unit name	Status	Furnace manufacturer and model	Current capacity (ttpa)	Current size (tonnes)
unknown EAF (1)	construction^[6]^[4]^[13]^[12]^[7]^[14]	Danieli	500^[7]^[4]	70.0^[6]

Table 8: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details


Unit name	Scrap-based	% scrap	% DRI	% HBI	% sponge iron (unknown if DRI or HBI)	% basic/merchant pig iron	% granulated pig iron	% pig iron (unknown if basic/merchant or granulated	% other iron
unknown EAF (1)	yes^[15]	>0^[15]	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown

Articles and Resources

Additional data

To access additional data, including an interactive map of steel power plants, a downloadable dataset, and summary data, please visit the Global Iron and Steel Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.

References

↑ "Brief History". State Company for Iron and Steel. Retrieved 09/28/2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ "Completing 90% of the iron and steel plant in Basra, with a production capacity of 500,000 tonnes". AISU Steel. 05/26/2022. Retrieved 09/28/2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
↑ "النزاهـة: ضبط 5 متهمين بشركة الحديد والصلب بالبصرة اختلسوا مستحقات مقاول". Iraqi News Agency. 07/13/2023. Retrieved 09/28/2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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Resources

[1] "Brief History". State Company for Iron and Steel. Retrieved 09/28/2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[2] "Completing 90% of the iron and steel plant in Basra, with a production capacity of 500,000 tonnes". AISU Steel. 05/26/2022. Retrieved 09/28/2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[3] "النزاهـة: ضبط 5 متهمين بشركة الحديد والصلب بالبصرة اختلسوا مستحقات مقاول". Iraqi News Agency. 07/13/2023. Retrieved 09/28/2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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[autoref_2-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20220318144139/https://www.danieli.com/en/news-media/news-events/another-danieli-steelmaking-plant-middle-east-region_37_282.htm. Archived from the original on 2022-03-18. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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[autoref_5-9] 9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20220930091107/https://investpromo.gov.iq/newsticker/investment-opportunity-state-company-for-iron-and-steel/. Archived from the original on 2022-09-30. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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