Khouzestan Steel Company
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| Company type | Public company |
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| Industry | Steel |
| Founded | April 1, 1967 in Ahvaz, Iran |
| Headquarters | , Iran |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Number of employees | + 10,000 (2018) |
| Website | www |
Khouzestan Steel Company (KSC; Persian: شرکت فولاد خوزستان) is an Iranian steel manufacturing company located in the major city of Ahvaz. It is currently the second-largest producer of raw steel in Iran, following Isfahan Mobarakeh Steel Company. The company's factory, spanning 8.3 square kilometers, is situated near Ahvaz (10 kilometers on the Ahvaz–Imam Khomeini Port road), and its headquarters are also located in Ahvaz.
Khouzestan Steel Company was established on April 1, 2018, as the first complex for direct reduction and electric arc furnace steel production in Iran. However, its inauguration took place in 1989 by Ali Khamenei (the then President).[1] Khouzestan Steel, along with HEPCO, Ahvaz Rolling Mills Co., Shahin Rolling Mills, Shahdad Rolling Mills, Shahrokh Rolling Mills, Khouzestan Metal Industries Complex, Shahbaz Factory, and many other mines in Iran, such as the Sarcheshmeh copper mine, belonged to the Rezaei brothers before the Iranian Revolution. They were confiscated after the revolution and subsequently came under government control.[2]
