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Setareh Simin Hormoz

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DRI–EAF route · Bandar Abbas, Middle East, Iran

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Setareh Simin Hormoz produces direct reduced iron by direct reduction — solid metallic iron made by reducing ore below its melting point — a feedstock for electric steelmaking. Its main products are cold dri, hot dri.

Process Route

DRI

Timeline

Announced2019
Construction2022

Capacity (ttpa)

DRI

1,720

Iron Units

DRI
unknown DRI (1)construction
1,720 ttpasyngas (reformed methane)FIECO; MMEwiki
DRI
unknown DRI (2)announced
1,720 ttpawiki

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)announced
1,500 ttpawiki
EAF
unknown EAF (2)announced
1,500 ttpawiki

Steel Products

cold DRI, hot DRI

Ownership

Owner Setareh Simin Hormoz Co

Parent Iranian Mines & Mining Industries Development & Renovation Organization [100.0%]

Workforce 1,500 employees

State ownership Full

Country Context

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

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Other Iranian Mines & Mining Industries Development & Renovation Organization plants

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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).