Ekos Steel Dukem 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 500 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are rebar.
Process Route
EAF
Timeline
Announced2014
Operating2018
Capacity (ttpa)
Crude Steel
500
EAF
500
Steel Units
EAF
unknown EAF (1)cancelled
500 ttpawiki
Steel Products
rebar
Ownership
Owner Ekos Steel Mill PLC
Parent Ekos Steel Mill PLC [100.0%]
Workforce 300 employees
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Location
Dukem
Africa
Ethiopia
8.7812°, 38.9321°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 500 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 2018
- Products
- Finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded