Sulb Bahrain Al Hidd

Name: Sulb Bahrain Al Hidd steel plant
Address: Al Hidd, Middle East, Bahrain

operating

DRI–EAF route · Al Hidd, Middle East, Bahrain

ISO 14001ISO 50001

Sulb Bahrain Al Hidd 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 1.3 million tonnes per year. Its main products are sheet, columns, bar, dri, billet, channel, angle, beam.

Process Route

DRIEAF

Timeline

Announced2009

Operating2012

Emissions

2025

1.17 Mt CO₂e

1.00 t CO₂e per tonne of steel

Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

1,300

EAF

1,300

DRI

1,700

Pelletising

12,000

Production

Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.

Iron Units

DRI

unknown DRI (1)operating

1,700 ttpasyngas (reformed methane)Midrexwiki

Steel Units

EAF

unknown EAF (1)operating

1,300 ttpa120 tSMSwiki

Inputs & Energy

Power New 123 MW largest rooftop solar power project in the world

Steel Products

sheet, columns, bar, DRI, billet, channel, angle, beam

Ownership

Owner Sulb Company BSCC

Parent Yamato Kogyo Co Ltd [49.0%]; Gulf Investment Corp [25.5%]; Industries Qatar QPSC [12.8%]; Gulf Cables & Electrical Industries Co KSC [5.1%]; National Industries Group Holding KSCP [5.1%]; Kuwait Foundry Company KSCP [2.6%]

State ownership Partial