Sulb Bahrain Al Hidd steel plant

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Sulb Bahrain Al Hidd steel plant (شركة صلب) is a steel plant in Al Hidd, Muharraq, Bahrain that operates direct reduced iron (DRI) and electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

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  • Location: Al Hidd, Bahrain
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 26.198152, 50.679893 (exact)

Background

Sulb Bahrain Al Hidd steel plan started operating in 2012. It is a joint venture between Foulath Holding Company and Yamato Kogyo Company. [1] In 2023, the company commissioned SMS group to revamp the plants 130 tons electric arc furnace to enhance its efficiency and productivity.[2]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Announced date Start date
2009[3] 2012[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
Partial Gulf Cables & Electrical Industries Co KSC; Gulf Investment Corp; Industries Qatar QPSC; Kuwait Foundry Company KSCP; National Industries Group Holding KSCP; Yamato Kogyo Co Ltd 4295882869; 4296426443; 4295886945; 4295882899; 4295882834; 4295878941 E100001016326; E100000000675; E100000000840; E100001016329; E100001016328; E100001010196 Sulb Company BSCC[4] 5000674578 E100000131139

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Main production equipment
crude, semi-finished, finished rolled[4] sheet, columns, bar, DRI, billet, channel, angle, beam[4] automotive, building and infrastructure, energy, transport[3] 2022[3] 2022[5] 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)
operating 1100[3] 1100[3]

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)
operating 1600[3] 1600[3]

Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

Pellets
12000[6]

Table 7: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year EAF production Other/unknown steel production Total (all routes)
2019 unknown unknown
2020 unknown unknown
2021 unknown unknown
2022 1270[7] [7] 1270[7]
2023 1265[8] [8] 1265[8]

Table 8: Actual Plant-level Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year DRI production Other/unknown iron production Total (all routes)
2019 unknown unknown
2020 unknown unknown
2021 unknown unknown
2022 1620[7] [7] 1620[7]
2023 1619[8] [8] 1619[8]

Unit Details

Table 9: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Furnace manufacturer and model Furnace type Current capacity (ttpa) Reductant
unknown DRI (1) operating[3] 2013[9] Midrex[10] shaft furnace[10] 1600[3] methane[10]

Table 10: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name Status Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown EAF (1) operating[3] 1100[3]

Table 11: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name Scrap-based % DRI
unknown EAF (1) no[3] 100.00[3]

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References

  1. "SULB". www.sulb.com.bh. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  2. shivani dhruv. "SULB commissions SMS group for the modernisation of an electric arc". technicalreviewmiddleeast.com. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 https://web.archive.org/web/20220625185742/https://www.sulb.com.bh/. Archived from the original on 2022-06-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125063134/https://www.sulb.com.bh/#!/home. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240806175506/https://www.sulb.com.bh/files/certificates/ISO%252050001%2520(SULB%2520Bahrain).pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-08-06. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://www.zawya.com/en/markets/bahrain-steel-achieves-record-production-in-2021-k9msnoe8. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20240119005422/https://www.steelguru.com/steel/2023-sulb-companys-soaring-steel-success. Archived from the original on 2024-01-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 https://aisusteel.org/en/25035/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. "2022 World Direct Reduction Statistics" (PDF). Midrex. 2023-09-12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-11-03.
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20240122233431/https://www.midrex.com/tech-article/producing-dri-in-bahrain-united-steel-company-sulb/. Archived from the original on 2024-01-22. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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