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Ahya Steel Folad Baft Company DRI plant

operating

Baft, Middle East, Iran

ISO 14001
GEM wiki

Process Route

DRI

Timeline

Announced2007
Construction2007
Operating2019

Capacity (ttpa)

DRI

1,600

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Inputs & Energy

Power 40 MW onsite solar plant

Steel Products

DRI

Ownership

Owner Ahya Steel Folad Baft Co

Parent Bank of Industry and Mine (Iran); Tourism Financial Group

Workforce 700 employees

State ownership Partial

Country Context

Iran crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.

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Plant data sourced from the Global Iron & Steel Tracker (March 2026), Global Energy Monitor. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Production data: USGS Minerals Yearbook — Raw Steel: World Production by Country or Locality (2019 edition; 2022 and 2023 early release tables). U.S. Geological Survey, public domain. EAF/BOF splits: USGS Minerals Yearbook (2023 estimates).