Ezz Steel is the largest steel company in
Egypt
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, the Middle East and North Africa Region. Ezz Steel has its head office in the Four Seasons Nile Plaza,
Garden City,
Greater Cairo
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Ezz Steel is listed on the Egyptian Exchange under the ticker symbol "ESRS". and has GDRs listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "AEZD".
Ezz Steel holds a 55% stake Al-Ezz Dekheila Steel Co. (EZDK, ar, العز الدخيلة للصلب - الاسكندرية) in
Alexandria
Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandri ...
, a 64% direct and indirect stake in Al-Ezz Flat Steel Company (EFS) in Suez and a 99% of Al-Ezz Rolling Mills Company (ERM) in 10th of Ramadan City.
Ezz Steel was established as the Alexandria National Iron and Steel Company (ANSDK) in 1982 by industrialist
Ibrahim Salem Mohammedin, who also served as its chairman from 1982 until 2001.
It started production at 1986. The old name for the company was Alexandria National Iron and Steel Company, ANSDK. The company was owned by a group of banks and petroleum companies as well as a Japanese consortium.
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Ezz Steel operates four steel plants in Alexandria, Sadat City, Suez, and 10th of Ramadan City. In addition, its mother company holds the majority stake in Al-Ezz Ceramics and Porcelain Company which produces ceramic and porcelain tiles under the brand name "GEMMA" and "Al-Jawhara" .
Ezz Steel is ranked 87th of the world biggest steel producers as per the 2015 World Steel Association Ranking with total production capacity of 3.2 million tons per year (2015), representing more than half of Egypt total annual production of 6 million tons.
Ahmed Ezz was the Chairman and Managing Director of EZDK, As he submitted his resignation in 2011 after 25 January Revolution
The 2011 Egyptian revolution, also known as the 25 January revolution ( ar, ثورة ٢٥ يناير; ), began on 25 January 2011 and spread across Egypt. The date was set by various youth groups to coincide with the annual Egyptian "Police ho ...
. Mr Farouk Zaki Ibrahim is the current Chairman of EZDK.
Paul Chekaiban is the current Chairman and Managing Director of Ezz Steel.
See also
* List of steel producers
This is a list of the largest steel-producing companies in the world mostly based on the list by the World Steel Association. This list ranks steelmakers by volume of steel production in millions of tonnes and includes all steelmakers with product ...
References
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External links
Ezz Industries Website
Arab Steel Website
Middle East Steel Website
World Steel Institute Website
Steel companies of Egypt
Manufacturing companies based in Cairo
Egyptian brands