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HyIron Steel Namibia

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Hyron Africa · DRI–EAF route · Africa, Namibia

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HyIron Steel Namibia produces direct reduced iron by direct reduction — solid metallic iron made by reducing ore below its melting point — a feedstock for electric steelmaking. Its main products are coil, hot rolled.

Process Route

DRI

Timeline

Announced2022
Construction2023
Operating2025

Capacity (ttpa)

DRI

1,000

Iron Units

DRI
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1,000 ttpahydrogen · in-useHyIronwiki

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)construction
1,500 ttpawiki

Inputs & Energy

Power 25 MW solar array; Namibia’s largest industrial battery system (13 MW); 12 MW electrolyzers; wind farm

Iron ore Dordabis Iron Ore Deposit

Steel Products

coil, hot rolled

Ownership

Owner Hyron Africa

Parent Lodestone Holdings Group (Namibia) Pty Ltd

Workforce 3,500 employees

Learn the processes this plant uses

Ironmaking

Direct Reduction (DRI / HBI)

Casting

Continuous Casting

Rolling

Hot Rolling

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