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Industries Qatar Steel Mesaieed

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DRI–EAF route · Mesaieed Industrial City, Middle East, Qatar

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Industries Qatar Steel Mesaieed follows the DRI–EAF route: iron ore is reduced in the solid state to direct reduced iron by direct reduction, then melted into steel in an electric arc furnace. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of about 2.9 million tonnes per year. Its main products are hbi, wire rod, rebar, billet, coil, dri.

Process Route

DRIEAF

Timeline

Announced1974
Operating1978

Emissions

2025

1.56 Mt CO₂e

0.92 t CO₂e per tonne of steel

Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

2,900

EAF

2,900

DRI

2,500

Production

Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.

Iron Units

DRI
DRI 1operating
800 ttpasyngas (reformed methane)Midrexwiki
DRI
DRI 2operating
1,700 ttpasyngas (reformed methane)Midrexwiki

Steel Units

EAF
EAF 1mothballed
463 ttpawiki
EAF
EAF 2mothballed
463 ttpawiki
EAF
EAF 3operating
1,140 ttpa80 twiki
EAF
EAF 4operating
660 ttpa80 twiki
EAF
EAF 5operating
1,100 ttpa110 tSMSwiki

Steel Products

HBI, wire rod, rebar, billet, coil, DRI

Ownership

Owner Qatar Steel Company QPSC

Parent Industries Qatar QPSC [100.0%]

Workforce 1,072 employees

State ownership Partial

Learn the processes this plant uses

Ironmaking

Direct Reduction (DRI / HBI)

Steelmaking

Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) Steelmaking

Secondary Metallurgy

Ladle Furnace (LF) — Secondary Metallurgy

Casting

Continuous Casting

Rolling

Hot Rolling

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