Iran Steel Prespectives

IRANIAN GHADIR IRON AND STEEL CO. (IGISCO)

Istunbol, Turkey, Sep2015

Iranian Ghadir Iron & Steel Co.

Gol-e-Gohar Iron & Steel Development Co.

2014 World DRI Production by process

2014 World DRI Production by Region

Major routes and quantities of DRI international tarde

Iron Ore Concentrate production (Iran)

Top DRI producing nations

Iron Ore Pellet production (Iran)

Direct Reduction Iron production (Iran)

Use of DRI in Steelmaking

Advantage of using DRI

Discussion Topics

Iranian Ghadir Iron & Steel Co.

History IGISCO was being founded at 2006 in Ardakan-Yazd DRI plant construction started since 2007 DRI production started since Jan. 2011 with 0.8 MTPY

capacity

Shareholders:Chadormalu Mining & Industrial Co.Iran Alloy Steel Co.Ghadir Investment Co.Ghadir Industries & Mines Development Co.

IGISCO

Some of main customers

Khouzestan Steel Complex

Mobarakeh Steel Complex

Iran Alloy Steel Co.

Iranian National Steel Industrial Group (INSIG)

Others Steel Producers in Iran & Aboard

(India, Korea, Turkey, China, etc)

Iranian Ghadir Iron & Steel Co.IGISCO

GISDCO was founded in May 2012 adjacent to Golgohar Iron ore mine located in Iran-Kerman province, Sirjan city with the aims of producing Sponge Iron, Thin slab & hot rolled coil to supply 3 MTPY high quality products for oil, gas, Petrochemical & Automotive applications.

Gol-e-Gohar Iron & Steel Development Co.GISDCO

Shareholders

No. Name

1 Gol-e-Gohar Industrial & Mining Co.

2 Gol-e-Gohar Development & Investment Co.

3 Omid Investment Management Group Co.

4 Chadormaloo Industrial & Mining Co.

5 Iranian Ghadir Iron & Steel Co.

6 Ghadir Investment Co.

7 Mines & Metals Development Investment Co.

8 Banking Found Cooperation

Gol-e-Gohar Iron & Steel Development Co.GISDCO

1. Phase one: 1. Establishment of one Mega module to

produce 1.7 MTPY sponge iron

2. Phase two: 1. Establishment of 2nd Mega module of sponge

iron with Production Capacity of 1.7 MTPY

2. Establishment of steel making plant with Thin Slab caster machine and related Rolling shop to produce 3 MTPY of high quality HRC.

Gol-e-Gohar Iron & Steel Development Co.GISDCO

First module DRI production started since March. 2015 and has possibility to export more than 1.5 MTPY DRI to Middle East & North of Africa and Other Countries.

Gol-e-Gohar Iron & Steel Development Co.GISDCO

- The world’s direct reduction plants have produced 74.6 million tons of DRI in 2014

- Production fell slightly from 2013 quantity due to natural gas shortages in India, and operational disruptions in other DRI producing regions, and because of global downturns in steel market as well

2014 World DRI Production by ProcessIGISCO

India is the world’s largest producer of direct reduced iron but it should be noted that as the fuel/reductant a large quantity of the DRI made in India is produced in rotary kilns using coal; while Iran had the largest production capacity using natural gas

2014 World DRI Production by Region (Mt)IGISCO

Iran is the biggest DRI producer by using of natural gas as the reductant.

2014 Top DRI Producing NationsIGISCO

- Russia and Trinidad continued to be the dominant sources of merchant product. they shipped over 5 million tons, nearly two-thirds of the total of all international trade.

- Oman and Malaysia also were major sources, each exporting over 750 thousand tons- Libya, India and Venezuela all shipped greater than 200 thousand tons each.- The biggest market by far was the United States, which received more than 2.25

million tons. This is due in part to the large volume of high quality steels, especially flat products, which is made in US EAFs.

2014, Major Routes & quantities Of DRI International TradIGISCO

Iron Ore Concentrate Production (2014)

Row Description Location Capacity (mt/y)

1 Gol-e-Gohar Co. Kerman Province 9

2 Chadormaloo Co. Yazd Province 10.5

3 Markazi Co. Yazd Province 2

4 Sangan Co. Khorasan Province 1.5

Total 23

Iron Ore Concentrate ProductionIGISCO

Iron Ore Concentrate Production plan (till 2025)Row Description Location Capacity (mt/y)

1 Gol-e-Gohar Co. Kerman Province 16

2 Chadormaloo Co. Yazd Province 12

3 Markazi Co. Yazd Province 5

4 Sangan Co. Khorasan Province 17.5

5ME Holding Co. (Jalal

Abad) Kerman Province 4

6 Gohar zamin Co. Kerman Province 6

7 ME Holding Co. (Sirjan) Kerman Province 2

8 Saba noor Co. Zanjan Province 1

Total 63.5

Iron Ore Concentrate ProductionIGISCO

Iron Ore Pellet Production (2014)

Row Description Location Capacity (mt/y)

1 Gol-e-Gohar Co. Kerman Province 5

2 Chadormaloo Co. Yazd Province (Ardekan) 3.4

3 Khouzestan Steel Complex Khouzestan Province 6.5

4 Mobarakeh Steel Complex Isfahan Province 7

Total 22.4

Iron Ore Pellet ProductionIGISCO

Iron Ore Pellet Production plan ( till 2025 )Row Description Location Capacity (mt/y)

1 Mobarakeh Steel Complex Isfahan Province 7.5

2 Khouzestan Steel ComplexKhouzestan

Province7

3 Khorasan Steel Complex Khorasan Province 2.5

4 Chadormaloo Co.Yazd Province

(Ardekan)4

5 ME Holding Co. Kerman Province 7.5

6 Markazi Co. Yazd Province 5

7 Sangan Complex Plan Khorasan Province 15

8 Gol-e-Gohar Co. Kerman Province 10

9 Gohar zamin Co. Kerman Province 10

10 Madkoosh PlanHormozgan

Province2.5

11 South Kaveh ComplexHormozgan

Province5

12Qeshm Steel Development

Co.Qeshm Island 5

Total 81

Iron Ore Pellet ProductionIGISCO

DRI Production (2014)

Row Description Location Capacity (mt/y)

1 Mobarakeh Steel Complex Isfahan Province 7.6

2 Khouzestan Steel Complex

Khouzestan Province 3.9

3 Khorasan Steel Complex Khorasan Province 1.6

4 South Kaveh Steel Complex

Hormozgan Province 1.6

5 HOSCO Hormozgan Province 1.6

6 IGISCO Yazd Province 0.8

7 Arfa Iron & Steel Co. Yazd Province 0.8

8 Isfahan Ghaem Reduction Co. Isfahan Province 0.4

Total 17.50

Direct Reduced Iron ProductionIGISCO

DRI Production plan ( till 2025 )

Row Description LocationCapacity

(mt/y)

1Mobarakeh Steel

ComplexIsfahan Province 8.8

28 projects of the

provincial8 Province in Iran 6.4

3Khouzestan Steel

ComplexKhouzestan

Province3.9

4Persian Gulf Saba Steel

Co.Hormozgan

Province3.4

5Gol-e-Gohar Iron & Steel

Development Co.Kerman Province 3.4

6 HOSCOHormozgan

Province3.2

7 Ardakan Steel Co. Yazd Province 2.7

8 Iranian Bootia Steel Co. Kerman Province 2

9Torbat Heidarieh Steel

Co.Khorasan Province 1.8

10 Khorasan Steel Complex Khorasan Province 1.6

continued

Direct Reduced Iron ProductionIGISCO

DRI Production plan ( till 2025 )Row Description Location Capacity (mt/y)

11South Kaveh Steel

ComplexHormozgan

Province1.8

12 Chadormaloo Steel Co.Yazd Province

(Ardekan)1.5

13 IGISCO Yazd Province 0.9

14 Arfa Iron & Steel Co. Yazd Province 0.9

15 East Kaveh Complex ----- 0.9

16 Sirjan Jahan Foolad Co. Kerman Province 0.9

17 Bardsir Steel Co. Kerman Province 0.9

18Isfahan Ghaem Reduction

Co.Isfahan Province 0.4

19Qeshm Steel Development

Co.Qeshm Island 3.4

20 Others ----- 0.6

Total 53.3

Direct Reduced Iron ProductionIGISCO

The DRI production has increased about 100 times, from approximately 0.8 million tonnes in the 1970s to approximately 74 million tonnes in 2012. Currently, DRI accounts for 16% of the raw material charged into EAFs. the demand for DRI has also been increasing in developed countries, and the amount of marine transportation of DRI reached 12.8 million tonnes in 2014.

Use of DRI in Steelmaking

Changes in world DRI production and DRI shipments by year

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Absence of tramp elements → increasing the quality of the scrap Purity, or the absence of non-metallic substance → productivity and energy

consumption

Advantage of using DRI

Expected range of some impurities in steel produced in EAF vs. %DRI of EAF charge

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Uniform density and shape influences the number of backcharges, productivity,

energy consumption and damage to furnace walls and refractories

Uncomplicated use in the EAF-DRI lump, pellets or briquettes can be dumped

cold into a steelmaking furnace along with scrap, using standard bucket charges,

especially if it is charged after a hot liquid bath has been made by melting scrap Availability—unlike low residual scrap supply, which is limited, the supply of

DR1 can be increased according to the demand Associated — compared to scrap, DRI contains an associated energy value in

the form of combined carbon which increases furnace efficiency

Advantage of using DRIIGISCO

Lower cost-lower capital, and operating costs, and lack of reliance on coke as a fuel source

Blending abilities of DRI with scrap allow cheaper, low quality scrap grades to be used

In the Blast Oxygen Furnace (BOF), DRI acts as a 'coolant', while in the Blast Furnace (BF) it is used as charge material to increase productivity and decrease coke consumption

More environmentally friendly—avoids problems of hazardous contaminants such as lead or cadmium in EAF dusts.

Advantage of using DRIIGISCO

In the past few decades the manufacture of steel via the electric arc furnace (EAF) route is becoming more and more popular compared to traditional production methods due to reasons such as efficiency, size, simplicity, etc.

EAF operators are increasingly forced to consider the use of DRI to blend with lower quality scrap sources, which is relatively more abundant, and in that way to increase the iron units and decrease the residuals to produce a higher quality steel

The explosion of new DRI projects all over the world shows the interest and the opportunity which have been shown by steel producers and iron ore suppliers alike

Availiability, Increasing steel quality, furnace effiency, productivity, energy consumption, higher level of carbon content are the major of DRI advantage over the scarp

ConclusionIGISCO

IGISCO

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Iranian Ghadir Iron and Steel CO.