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Shadegan Steel Complex

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DRI–EAF route · Bandar Imam Khomeini, Middle East, Iran

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Shadegan 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 about 1.0 million tonnes per year. Its main products are dri, billet.

Process Route

DRIEAF

Timeline

Announced2006
Operating2017

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

1,000

EAF

1,000

DRI

805

Production

Iron production: 805 ttpa (2021)

Iron Units

DRI
unknown DRI (1)operating
805 ttpasyngas (reformed methane)Mines and Metals Engineering; Foolad Payawiki

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)operating
1,000 ttpa140 tDanieliwiki
EAF
unknown EAF (2)announced
1,300 ttpawiki
EAF
unknown EAF (3)announced
1,300 ttpawiki

Steel Products

DRI, billet

Ownership

Owner Shadegan Steel Industry Co

Parent Iranian Mines & Mining Industries Development & Renovation Organization [35.0%]

Workforce 1,700 employees

State ownership Full

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).