Abba Steel Ohangwena is a scrap-based steel plant: an electric arc furnace melts recycled steel scrap into new crude steel. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of about 3.0 million tonnes per year. Its main products are billet, wire rod, rebar.
Process Route
EAF
Timeline
Announced2019
Construction2020
Capacity (ttpa)
Crude Steel
3,000
EAF
3,000
Steel Units
EAF
unknown EAF (1)construction
3,000 ttpawiki
Steel Products
billet, wire rod, rebar
Ownership
Owner Abba Steel Ltd
Parent Abba Steel Ltd [100.0%]
Workforce 5,500 employees
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Location
Oshikango
Africa
Namibia
-17.3979°, 15.8910°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 3,000 ttpa
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled