Jizan Economic City: Steel Plant: Phase 2

13 October 2013

Key Facts

  • Owner STX Construcion Company
  • Location Saudi Arabia, Jizan Province, Jizan
  • Status Execution
  • Classification Steel, Industrial Production
  • Contract ($m) $2,000m
  • Contract Type Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC)
  • Main Contract Completion Q1 2016
  • Contact the project owner (MEED Projects subscribers only)

 

Overview

South Steel Company is building a greenfield steel plant in Jizan Economic City in Saudi Arabia. Phase 1 of the development was to build a mini-mill comprising a steel plant that will produce 1 million tonnes-a-year (t/y) of steel billets and a connected rolling mill that produces 500,000-t/y of rebar. Phase 2 is to build slab making facilities.

A consortium led by MMC Corporation and Saudi Binladin Group has been awarded a 30-year licence to develop Jizan Economic City on the Red Sea coast. It is about 50km north of Jizan city and spread over an area of 117 square km.

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