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Torbat Heydarieh Khorasan Steel Complex

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DRI–EAF route · Torbat Heydariyeh, Middle East, Iran

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Torbat Heydarieh Khorasan 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 1.4 million tonnes per year. Its main products are hot rolled coil.

Process Route

DRIEAF

Timeline

Announced2017
Construction2018
Operating2025

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

1,450

EAF

1,450

DRI

1,850

Pelletising

3,000

Iron Units

DRI
unknown DRI (1)operating
1,850 ttpasyngas (reformed methane)wiki

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)operating
1,450 ttpa170 twiki

Steel Products

hot rolled coil

Ownership

Owner Torbat Heydarieh Steel Co

Parent Torbat Heydarieh Steel Co [100.0%]

Workforce 2,800 employees

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).