Rajhi Al Assemah Steel Jeddah 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 850 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are billet.
Process Route
EAF
Timeline
Construction2005
Operating2006
Emissions
2025
0.19 Mt CO₂e
0.27 t CO₂e per tonne of steel
Typical EAF route: 0.5–0.7 t/t
Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology
Capacity (ttpa)
Crude Steel
850
EAF
850
Steel Units
EAF
unknown EAF (1)operating
Steel Products
billet
Ownership
Owner Rajhi Steel Industries Co Ltd
Parent Saudi Iron and Steel Co [100.0%]
Workforce 60 employees
State ownership Full
Country Context
Saudi Arabia crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Jeddah
Middle East
Saudi Arabia
21.2904°, 39.1834°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 850 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 2006
- Products
- Semi-finished