Arfa Iron and Steel Company (Public Joint Stock Company) was established on 12/6/2004 as a private joint-stock company. The principal center of the company is in Tehran, and the factory is located in Yazd province, Ardakan, 25 km from Ardakan to Nain road. The main activity of the company is the establishment of iron and steel factories and related units to promote and expand Iran's mines and mining industries in designated areas by direct reduction method, steelmaking with various techniques of smelting, casting, and rolling of ferrous metals and production of standard geometric parts. The construction of relevant units and related ancillary, downstream, and complementary industries are in line with the further and optimal development of the steel industry.