SABIC Hadeed Al Jubail
operatingSaudi Iron and Steel Co · DRI–EAF route · Al Jubail, Middle East, Saudi Arabia
SABIC Hadeed Al Jubail 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 6.0 million tonnes per year. Its main products are galvanized, wire rod, rebar, billet, coil, slab.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1979
Emissions
2025
3.86 Mt CO₂e
0.77 t CO₂e per tonne of steel
Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology
Capacity (ttpa)
Crude Steel
6,000
EAF
6,000
DRI
5,300
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Iron Units
Steel Units
Steel Products
galvanized, wire rod, rebar, billet, coil, slab
Ownership
Owner Saudi Iron and Steel Co
Parent Saudi Iron and Steel Co [100.0%]
State ownership Full
Country Context
Saudi Arabia crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Al Jubail
Middle East
Saudi Arabia
27.0184°, 49.5764°
At a Glance
- Route
- DRI–EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 6,000 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1979
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded