West Alborz Ana Steel Zanjan 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 1.6 million tonnes per year. Its main products are billet, rebar, angle, channel, beam.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 2005
Emissions
2025
0.97 Mt CO₂e
0.87 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
1,600
EAF
1,000
Sinter
2,000
Pelletising
1,800
Iron Units
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Iron ore Zaker iron ore mine
Steel Products
billet, rebar, angle, channel, beam
Ownership
Owner West Alborz Steel Co
Parent West Alborz Steel Co [100.0%]
Country Context
Iran crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Abhar
Middle East
Iran
36.1196°, 49.3063°
At a Glance
- Route
- EAF
- Crude steel capacity
- 1,600 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 2005
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled