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Kurdistan Steel Qorveh steel plant

construction

Bijar, Middle East, Iran

GEM wiki

Process Route

DRIEAF

Timeline

Construction2022
Operating2025

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

1,000

EAF

1,000

DRI

1,600

Iron Units

DRI
unknown DRI (1)construction
1,600 ttpasyngas (reformed methane)FIECO; MMTEwiki

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)construction
1,000 ttpaIRITECHwiki

Inputs & Energy

Power 1.6 MW Qorveh electricity plant, Samnan Power Plant

Iron ore Zanjan, Hamdan, and Bijar

Steel Products

coil, hot rolled coil, slab

Ownership

Owner Kurdistan Steel Co

Parent Iranian Mines & Mining Industries Development & Renovation Organization [44.0%]; Development and Equipment of Relief Mines Co [20.0%]; Sabanour Mining and Industrial Development Co [20.0%]; Sepahan Mines Kimia [16.0%]

Workforce 1,600 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).