Ajaokuta makes steel by the integrated route: iron ore is smelted into liquid hot metal in a blast furnace, then refined into crude steel in a basic oxygen furnace. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of about 1.3 million tonnes per year. Its main products are rebar, sections, square, rod, billet, channel, angle, beam.
Process Route
BFBOF
Timeline
Construction1979
Idled1994
Capacity (ttpa)
Crude Steel
1,300
BOF
1,300
Blast Furnace
1,355
Sinter
2,610
Coking
880
Iron Units
BF
unknown BF (1)construction
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Power Captive Power Plant (110 mw)
Iron ore Itakpe Iron Ore Mine
Steel Products
rebar, sections, square, rod, billet, channel, angle, beam
Ownership
Owner Ajaokuta Steel Co Ltd
Parent Ajaokuta Steel Co Ltd [100.0%]
Workforce 10,000 employees
State ownership Full
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Location
Ajaokuta
Africa
Nigeria
7.5113°, 6.6894°
At a Glance
- Route
- BF–BOF Integrated
- Crude steel capacity
- 1,300 ttpa
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled