Abul Khair Steel Sitakunda 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 1.4 million tonnes per year. Its main products are billet, rebar.
Process Route
EAF
Timeline
Operating since 2015
Emissions
2025
0.27 Mt CO₂e
0.27 t CO₂e per tonne of steel
Typical EAF route: 0.5–0.7 t/t
Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology
Capacity (ttpa)
Crude Steel
1,400
EAF
1,400
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Power 100MW Power Plant, in progress 50MW solar plant
Steel Products
billet, rebar
Ownership
Owner Abul Khair Steel Ltd
Parent Abul Khair Ltd
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Location
Sitakunda
Asia Pacific
Bangladesh
22.4720°, 91.7348°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 1,400 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 2015
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled