MIDREX® Plants with 1Q Anniversaries
We are proud to celebrate these remarkable milestones with our customers— 35 years since start-up for ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India and 25 years for EZDK!
ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India) Module I
Location: Hazire, Gujurat, India
DR Plant: 1st of 6 MIDREX® Modules
- Start-up: March 1990
- Product: CDRI
- Capacity: 0.44 M t/y
Module I was one of two MIDREX Modules acquired from Nordeutsche Ferrowerke in Emden, Germany, disassembled, and relocated to India by Essar Steel India Limited (ESIL). AM/NS India acquired the assets of ESIL in December 2019.
Module I was converted to hot discharge/hot transport to the melt shop in 2000 and reconfigured for CDRI discharge in 2017.
In 2024, Module I produced 615,007 metric tons (tonnes) of CDRI and all six modules combined have produced over 96 Mt of HDRI, HBI, and CDRI since start-up of modules I and II in 1990.
Read more about ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India at https://www.amns.in
Al Ezz Dekheila Steel Company – Alexandria (EZDK) Module III
Location: El Dikheila, Egypt
DR Plant: 3rd of 3 MIDREX® Modules
- Start-up: Feburary 2000
- Product: CDRI
- Capacity: 0.8 M t/y
The direct reduction/electric arc furnace (DR/EAF) steelworks located west of Alexandria, Egypt in El Dikheila is the largest steel manufacturing facility in Egypt, with a total annual capacity of 3.2 million tons of finished steel products comprising 2.1 million t/y of long products (rebar and wire rod) and 1.1 million t/y of hot rolled coil.
Al Ezz Dekheila Steel Company – Alexandria (EZDK) began life as Alexandria National Iron & Steel Company (ANSDK) in 1982, and operates three MIDREX Modules, which supply the melt shop with 80% of its metallic charge, with highgrade scrap making up the remainder.
Through 2024, Module III has produced more than 22.2 million tons of DRI, which is a yearly average well above its annual capacity rating of 0.8 million tons
Read more about Al Ezz Dekheila Steel Company at https://www.ezzsteel.com
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