Manager of plan & Development of Nisco stated: along the new plannings of National Iranian Steel Company in order to develop the provincial steel projects, construction of Shadegan 2 smelting unit with a capacity of 800 thousand tons, pelletizing Neiriz with a capacity of 2.5 million tons and casting 2 of Sepidsht with a capacity of 800 thousand tons has been designed and ground -broke, the mentioned units would be operational by mid-1404 (Iranian calendar).
Mehdi Derakhshan while announcing the measures taken this year, stated: along with the expert and strategic supervision of the company on the seven provincial projects, it was determined to define new production lines for the development of seven provincial which will notonly cause more employment, but also create a lot of value added for sustainable development in the region. In addition , this year the tender and the contractor selection for 300 thousand tons of Mianeh quality steel rolling lines and Ghaenat ( SBQ ) has also been done.
Manager of plan & Development of National Iranian Steel Company, while pointing to the launching & pilot production of unit 2 of Sponge Iron Production in Baft ,announced the construction of the pelletizing unit of this plan to be operational by 1404 (Iranian calendar).
Derakhshan also declared: This year Shadegan unit succeeded in the first meltdown, Sepiddasht unit succeeded to produce slab product and Mianeh and Qhaenat succeeded in making their first electric arc.
Regarding the progress of provincial steel units till now, he stated:
– Sepiddasht Steel 97.88%
– neiriz Steel 94%
– Shadegan Steel 91.46% Steel
- Ghaenat steel 89.35%
- Mianeh Steel 80.37%
have progressed, therefore all of these projects would be operational by the end of 1403 (Iranian calendar).