Jindal Steel Sohar 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 2.5 million tonnes per year. Its main products are bloom, billet, rebar, square.
Process Route
Timeline
Emissions
2025
1.69 Mt CO₂e
1.00 t CO₂e per tonne of steel
Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology
Capacity (ttpa)
Crude Steel
2,500
EAF
2,500
DRI
2,000
Iron Units
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Power Gas based DRI
Iron ore Metso Outotec has a 6 mtpa iron ore pellet plant planned to begin in 2023 in order to supply the Jindal Shadeed plant in Sohar. Some production may also be supplied by Vale, which has a 9 mtpa iron ore/pellet plant established in 2007.
Steel Products
bloom, billet, rebar, square
Ownership
Owner Jindal Shadeed Iron & Steel LLC
Parent Templar Investments Ltd
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Location
Sohar
Middle East
Oman
24.5026°, 56.6007°
At a Glance
- Route
- DRI–EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 2,500 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 2010
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded