Solb Steel Jizan 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 about 1.2 million tonnes per year. Its main products are billet, wire rod, rebar.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 2009
Emissions
2025
0.7 Mt CO₂e
0.70 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
1,200
EAF
1,200
Steel Units
Steel Products
billet, wire rod, rebar
Ownership
Owner Solb Steel Co
Parent Industries Qatar QPSC [40.4%]; Saudi Pan Kingdom for Trading Industry and Contracting Co Ltd
Workforce 2,000 employees
State ownership Partial
Country Context
Saudi Arabia crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Jizan
Middle East
Saudi Arabia
17.2985°, 42.3523°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 1,200 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 2009
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled