ArcelorMittal Sonasid Jorf Lasfar 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 800 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are wire rod, rebar, billet, fiber.
Process Route
Timeline
Emissions
2025
0.082 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
800
EAF
800
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Power 90% renewable energy
Steel Products
wire rod, rebar, billet, fiber
Ownership
Owner ArcelorMittal SA
Parent ArcelorMittal SA [100.0%]
Workforce 729 employees
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Location
El Jadida
Africa
Morocco
33.1365°, -8.6036°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 800 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 2005
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled