Kurdistan Steel Qorveh 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 1.0 million tonnes per year. Its main products are coil, hot rolled coil, slab.
Process Route
Timeline
Capacity (ttpa)
Crude Steel
1,000
EAF
1,000
DRI
1,600
Iron Units
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Power 1.6 MW Qorveh electricity plant, Samnan Power Plant
Iron ore Zanjan, Hamdan, and Bijar
Steel Products
coil, hot rolled coil, slab
Ownership
Owner Kurdistan Steel Co
Parent Iranian Mines & Mining Industries Development & Renovation Organization [44.0%]; Development and Equipment of Relief Mines Co [20.0%]; Sabanour Mining and Industrial Development Co [20.0%]; Sepahan Mines Kimia [16.0%]
Workforce 1,600 employees
State ownership Partial
Country Context
Iran crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Bijar
Middle East
Iran
35.9369°, 47.7620°
At a Glance
- Route
- DRI–EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 1,000 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 2025
- Products
- Crude, semi-finished