Van Steel Kurdistan plant

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Van Steel Kurdistan plant (ڤان ستیل), also known as Galiawa, is a steel plant in Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq that operates electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

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  • Location: Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 36.09176, 43.97415 (exact)

Background

The Van Steel plant in Kurdistan started its operation in 2022. The plant is equipped with an EAF-based with 750,000 tpy nominal production capacity. The total investment in the Van Steel facility is evaluated at $340 million. The company plants sell its products to domestic customers to support the Iraqi construction sector. [1]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Announced date Start date Workforce size
2020[2] 2022[3][4] 2000[5][6]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Van Company for Industrial Investment and General Trading unknown E100000131178 Van Company for Industrial Investment and General Trading[2] unknown E100000131178

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled[7] billet, wire rod, rebar[7] unknown[8] unknown[8] 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 750[2][9][3][10] 750[2][9][3][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 Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown EAF (1) operating[3] 750[3][9][10][2]

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[11] 20.00[11] >0[11] >0[11] 80.00[11]

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References

  1. "Iraq's Van Steel launches commercial rebar production". AISU Steel. 11/28/2022. Retrieved 09/28/2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20220925071323/http://www.vansteeliraq.com/about-us/. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 https://aisusteel.org/en/14837/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20240119043244/https://aisusteel.org/. Archived from the original on 2024-01-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20240119070028/https://kurdistantv.net/ku/news/197892. Archived from the original on 2024-01-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20211209140431/https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/26543-Largest-steel-factory-in-Iraq,-Kurdistan-Region-is-75-percent-complete:-CEO. Archived from the original on 2021-12-09. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240119053740/https://vansteeliraq.com/products/. Archived from the original on 2024-01-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240806174755/https://vansteeliraq.com/about/quality/. Archived from the original on 2024-08-06. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 https://www.oecd.org/industry/ind/latest-developments-in-steelmaking-capacity-2022.pdfhttps://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/26543-Largest-steel-factory-in-Iraq,-Kurdistan-Region-is-75-percent-complete:-CEO. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20230410190908/https://www.oecd.org/industry/ind/latest-developments-in-steelmaking-capacity-2022.pdf (PDF). {{cite web}}: Check |archive-url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20240905174851/https://vansteeliraq.com/. Archived from the original on 2024-09-05. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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