Zarand Iranian Steel Company Kerman

Name: Zarand Iranian Steel Company Kerman plant
Address: Zarand, Middle East, Iran

operating

BF–BOF Integrated route · Zarand, Middle East, Iran

Zarand Iranian Steel Company Kerman makes steel by the integrated route: iron ore is smelted into liquid hot metal in a blast furnace, then refined into crude steel in a basic oxygen furnace. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of about 1.5 million tonnes per year. Its main products are bloom, slab, billet, ingot.

Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Operating since 2020

Emissions

2025

1.87 Mt CO₂e

1.90 t CO₂e per tonne of steel

Typical BF-BOF route: 1.8–2.0 t/t

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

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

1,500

BOF

1,500

Blast Furnace

1,700

Sinter

4,000

Coking

1,200

Pelletising

2,500

Iron Units

unknown BF (1)operating

1,700 ttpa2000 m³SINOSTEELwiki

DRI

unknown DRI (1)construction

1,500 ttpagas (unknown type)MANAwiki

Steel Units

EAF

unknown EAF (1)construction

1,000 ttpaFIECOwiki

BOF

unknown BOF (1)operating

1,500 ttpawiki

Inputs & Energy

Power Gas pipeline from Zahedan Province (project as of August 2022)

Iron ore P100000128562 Jalal Abad Iron Mine

Met coal Khamroud coal mine

Steel Products

bloom, slab, billet, ingot

Ownership

Owner Zarand Iranian Steel Co

Parent small shareholder(s) [47.3%]; Mabna Khavar Miyaneh Co [15.4%]; Pars Aryan Investment Co [12.1%]; Rahbord Sarmaye Iranian Co [10.0%]; Pasargad Arzesh Afarinan Co [9.5%]; Tejarat Pishegan Mihan Negar Pars Co [5.7%]

Workforce 5,880 employees