The furnace uses the Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) technology of the MIDREX Process owned by KOBE Steel of Japan. The tower currently stands at a height of 50m. The DRI Plant of 1.28 million per annum capacity constitutes the first phase of the project and it is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2009.
Tuwairqi Steel Mills Limited is being set up in Pakistan by Al-Tuwairqi Group of Companies of Saudi Arabia.
Prior to operating at TSML site, the CC 2800 was working at ARAMCO Rabigh Site in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.