El Fouladh 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 200 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are billet, rounds, galvanized wire, bars.
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Operating since 1962
Capacity (ttpa)
Crude Steel
200
EAF
200
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Steel Units
Steel Products
billet, rounds, galvanized wire, bars
Ownership
Owner Government of Tunisia
Parent Government of Tunisia [100.0%]
Workforce 869 employees
State ownership Full
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Location
Menzel Bourguiba
Africa
Tunisia
37.1376°, 9.8128°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 200 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1962
- Products
- Semi-finished