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Sabalan Iron and Steel Complex

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Daric Investment Holding Co · DRI–EAF route · Meshginshahr, Middle East, Iran

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Sabalan Iron and Steel Complex 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 500 thousand tonnes per year.

Process Route

DRIEAF

Timeline

Announced2014
Construction2014

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

500

EAF

500

DRI

400

Iron Units

DRI
unknown DRI (1)construction
400 ttpawiki

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)construction
500 ttpawiki

Ownership

Owner Daric Investment Holding Co

Parent Daric Investment Holding Co [100.0%]

Country Context

Iran crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.

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Plant data sourced from the Global Iron & Steel Tracker (March 2026), Global Energy Monitor. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Production data: USGS Minerals Yearbook — Raw Steel: World Production by Country or Locality (2019 edition; 2022 and 2023 early release tables). U.S. Geological Survey, public domain. EAF/BOF splits: USGS Minerals Yearbook (2023 estimates).