Van Steel Kurdistan 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 750 thousand tonnes per year. Its main products are billet, wire rod, rebar.
Process Route
EAF
Timeline
Announced2020
Construction2021
Operating2022
Emissions
2025
0.46 Mt CO₂e
0.82 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
750
EAF
750
Steel Units
EAF
unknown EAF (1)operating
750 ttpawiki
Steel Products
billet, wire rod, rebar
Ownership
Owner Van Company for Industrial Investment and General Trading
Parent Van Company for Industrial Investment and General Trading [100.0%]
Workforce 700 employees
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Location
Erbil
Middle East
Iraq
36.0918°, 43.9742°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 750 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 2022
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 1 recorded