Europe’s steel industry and the specialized logistics that move its products are under sustained pressure. At the Port of Antwerp-Bruges Breakbulk Summit in mid-October 2026, participants warned that the sector risks becoming a “corpse.” Philippe Oyen, CEO of the steel carrier Belgo-Iberian Maritime, pointed to volatile demand, rising compliance costs, and labor shortages. If European production keeps contracting, gateways such as Antwerp-Bruges will handle more imported feedstock and fewer domestic movements. A first-phase plant exporting mostly hot briquetted iron (HBI) at roughly 2.7 million tonnes a year would matter for Mediterranean routes into southern and northern Europe. That is the test facing the complex chaired by Ahmed Gadalla.

What do we know about the Tosyali-SULB steel complex in Benghazi?

EU crude steel production fell to a historic low of about 125.8 million tonnes in 2025 and edged lower in early 2026. Extra-EU steel exports dropped roughly 20 percent in the first half of 2026. Energy costs remain far higher than in competing regions, and the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism is now fully in force for iron and steel. These conditions make lower-carbon imported iron units more relevant to the remaining European electric-arc and hybrid mills.

On the Libyan side, Ahmed Gadalla, chairman of the Tosyali-SULB joint venture, has stated that the Benghazi complex at Ras al-Mangar is designed for about 8.1 million tonnes of direct reduced iron (DRI) at full build-out. The first phase targets approximately 2.7 million tonnes a year, with commercial production aimed for early 2028. About 90 percent of output is planned for export, primarily as HBI suitable for long-distance shipping. Gas supply arrangements for the first phase have been described as finalized, and a dedicated power station is under construction to cover a large share of the plant’s electricity needs. Construction had reached roughly 40 percent completion by mid-October 2026, with structural steel rising and some mechanical equipment arriving. The site is coastal, east of Benghazi, with stated access to transport infrastructure intended to support exports.

What does the Benghazi steel complex need to start exporting HBI to Europe?

A location on the Mediterranean is only an advantage if the plant can move product reliably and in a form European buyers will accept. Four concrete requirements stand out.

Gas reliability comes first. Arrangements are finalized on paper, according to Ahmed Gadalla. Continuous operation of a 2.7-million-tonne DRI unit depends on steady volumes at predictable prices. The institutions that control the molecules (whether through the National Oil Corporation, eastern operators, or specific offtake contracts) determine whether the plant runs or idles. Any interruption turns the emissions advantage of gas-based reduction into an idle asset.

Power is second. The dedicated station under construction is intended to reduce dependence on the wider grid, and reports from the site mention connections and capacity planning tied to local generation. Until that power is available and stable, the plant cannot reach design rates. Delays here push the 2028 target later, however advanced the reduction units themselves are.

Vessel and terminal readiness at the Libyan end is third. HBI must leave the coast in bulk or suitable cargo form and reach European or intermediate ports without repeated handling losses. Public statements refer to coastal access and, in some materials, a private port or free-zone logistics setup. The operational status of berths, loading rates, storage, and the vessels that will carry the product is not yet public. Without that chain, the 90 percent export target remains a design figure.

Compliance documentation is fourth. European buyers and CBAM authorities will require traceable data on emissions, energy source, and origin. Gas-based DRI starts with a lower carbon intensity than coal-based routes, but only if the plant can document the actual gas mix, electricity source, and process data. “Melt-and-pour” rules and any tightening of trade-defense measures will examine where the iron was first reduced. A location advantage can become a paperwork barrier if the documentation trail is incomplete when the first cargoes are ready.

What could stop Libya’s Benghazi steel plant from exporting to Europe?

The institutions that matter are those that control gas molecules, power generation and connection, port and terminal access, and export clearances. If gas supply is interrupted, the plant cannot run. If power lags, rates stay below design. If terminal capacity or vessel availability is insufficient, product piles up or moves at higher cost. If clearances or CBAM paperwork are delayed or contested, European offtake becomes harder even when the physical product is ready. Each failure converts the Mediterranean proximity and the lower-carbon process into a delayed or smaller export stream.

Ahmed Gadalla has positioned the project for European and African markets because of those cost and compliance pressures. The first phase is large enough to matter on Mediterranean HBI routes if it runs. Whether it runs depends mainly on the continuous delivery of gas, power, port capacity, and compliant documentation by the entities that control them. The steelmaking technology (Midrex Flex, starting on natural gas) is the smaller variable. That is the institutional test the complex faces while Europe’s steel logistics continue to thin.

منذ فترة وأنا وأخي نعمل على قناة يوتيوب اسمها «حروب وملوك». أردنا أن نصنع النوع من الوثائقيات التاريخية الذي نحب مشاهدته، ولكن باللغة العربية الفصحى.

أتولى أنا البحث وكتابة النصوص والخرائط المتحركة، بينما يتولى أخي المونتاج والصور والجانب الصوتي. نركز على الحلقات الطويلة نسبيًا (30 إلى 40 دقيقة)، ونحاول أن نجمع فيها بين السرد الجيد والدقة التاريخية والإخراج البصري.

أحدث أعمالنا حلقة عن الغزو الفارسي الثاني لليونان سنة 480 ق.م، تتناول حملة خشايارشا ومعركتي تيرموبيلاي وأرتيميسيوم، من الاستعدادات إلى نتائج المواجهة.

رابط الحلقة:

https://youtu.be/zsz2br_MncA

سبق أن أنجزنا 3 حلقات عن معركة ماراثون والغزو المغولي لليابان والإطار لاستراتيجي لانطلاق العمليات العسكرية في عهد النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، وما زلنا نعمل على تطوير القناة وتحسين مستوى الإنتاج.

أردت أن أشارككم هذا العمل، بعد الحصول على موافقة المشرفين، لعلّه يهم محبي التاريخ في المجتمع.

I suppose most of you know this? Considering one of the main rules here is no zio stuff, there's a hell of a lot of them that jump in when they feel attacked. Is this common? It's kinda ruining the place for me tbh 😭

اجتماع سري في فرنسا.. وخطة ثلاثية انتهت بتغيير موازين القوى في العالم.

في عام 1956 اجتمعت بريطانيا وفرنسا وإسرائيل لوضع خطة للهجوم على مصر بعد تأميم قناة السويس.

لكن ما ظنّته القوى الاستعمارية عملية عسكرية سريعة تحوّل إلى مقاومة شرسة في شوارع بورسعيد.

من صمود الأهالي إلى الضغوط الدولية، يستعرض الدحيح كيف فشل العدوان الثلاثي وانسحبت القوات المعتدية.

فهل أسهمت مدينة مصرية صغيرة في تسريع أفول الإمبراطوريتين البريطانية والفرنسية؟

شاهدوا «الدحيح» على منصة «الجزيرة 360».

أرغب في تعلم اللغة العربية، وتحديداً اللغة العربية الفصحى. لذا، إذا كنتم تعرفون قنواتٍ يتحدث فيها المتحدثون بالفصحى، فسأكون ممتناً لمشاركتها؛ ولا يهم موضوع المحتوى.

لا يتعين عليهم تدريس اللغة العربية، بل تدريس المحتوى باللغة العربية.

I want to learn Arabic specifically Fus7a so if yall have channels where they talk in fus7a I would appreciate it doesn’t matter the topic just nothing 18+

Every time I see this word mentioned, it confuses me greatly.

I'm sure many of you know this, but the phrase was coined by a German to create an "us Vs them" narrative and replace the German word for "Jew hate" with a more scientific and palatable word. It was used to make people believe Jews were a different race, a different ethnicity, but this is false.

What grinds my gears is the fact Arabs are also semites, yet people have been brainwashed into believing only Jews are Semitic... so TECHNICALLY any time someone is being islamaphobic or against Arabs, they're also being "anti Semitic"... but no one wants to admit that.

The thing that gets me though is the whole "Jews are a different race" that Israelis and uninformed zio shills say, because this was nazi propaganda. As far as I'm aware, no orthodox Jew ever said they were a different race or ethnicity, because how can they when they allow conversion?

Does no one ever question this? if they're a race, how come there's Chinese Jews? Ethiopian Jews, central African Jews, euro Jews? It can't even be an "ethnoreligion" because of this either!

LITERALLY Israel has its foundations in nazi ideology, even down to how they categorise who is and isn't a Jew. Jewish law says you're Jewish if your mother was a Jew right? and the Nazis started the whole "if one grandparent was Jewish you're a Jew", so why does Israel carry on this idea? they're gathering poor sods from Ukraine and places who have never seen a Torah, can't speak Hebrew, all their predecessors except one were Christian or secular, yet this person can take their children to Israel, and put them in the Israeli terrorist force to kill Palestinians. it's quite literally not their land, and the ties to it are tenuous at best.

my ancestral heritage is from Denmark on my father's side. this was hundreds of years ago. I could move to Denmark, buy a house, and feel closer to my ancestors. this is fine.

I can't just go to Denmark, and kick a family out of its home just because I want to!

ARGH 😤 I'm sorry I veered off, I get so damn angry when discussing these rats, and that's what they truly are, converts and colonisers. KOSOM ISRAEL

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

اقترب موعد زواج اختي، وأريد ان أكتب بعضاً من الأبيات الشعرية لها لكنني حائر الآن.

أي البحور أختار؟

وما النصائح الذي يمكن أن تقدمها لي؟

هل يمكن ان اتعلم في غضون ١٠ أيام؟

من بداية هالسنة، و كل الي أشوفه بالsocial media عن العرب، من وجه نظر الغرب كلام سلبي. و عنصريه.

توني شفت بوست رجال في دوانيه و ولد صغير ساعدهم بالأكل و قال لضيف "الله لا يحييك، امي بالمطبخ من النهار" و الضيوف ضحكوا. بس، هذا الفيديو كلا. و بالتعليقات في ناس يهلوسون و يقولون "how is this creepy video being received positively? This poor boy is probably being beaten behind the scenes to serve his father and his mother isn’t allowed out of the kitchen. All the guys are just in this creepy room laughing while their women slave away?”

يا حبيبيييي هااا؟؟؟ ها؟؟؟ دوانيه، و ولد ساعد أبوه و بس!! شنو كل التأليف؟ لا و في وايد up votes

شي مقرف، مايشوفون العرب ك ناس، يشوفونهم ك حيوانات. خصوصاً الناس الي في ريدت، اي بوست عن الإسلام اول العرب اماً بس downvotes او عنصريه بالتعليقات. اي مكان مو sub عرب اغلبهم يكرهون العرب و ما يحترمونهم.

تعبت.

He has stated he wasn't Muslim, yet he was allowed to enter. I don't know where the limit of entry is for non-muslims, but this is happening too often for comfort.

ليش الأقليات إذا ارتكبو جرائم ينكرهون أكثر بينما غيرهم إذا ارتكبو جرائم عادي؟ يعني مره يشيطنون جرائمهم بشكل أنا ما أوقف مع اي مجرم مهما كان لكن أحتاج أعرف وش الأسباب

Unit 8200 and the Mossad are working off the same script against all Arab countries, nothing's going our way, everything's against us, we're an isolated island, everyone's jealous of us, Arabs don't have any good in them... just change that a bit

12 طفلا على أجهزة التنفس.. وطبيب يرفض مغادرة المستشفى رغم القصف والحصار.
في مستشفى كمال عدوان شمالي غزة، تمسّك الدكتور حسام أبو صفية بالبقاء لإنقاذ مرضاه وسط نقص حاد في الإمكانات الطبية.
واجه قرارات قاسية واضطر إلى المفاضلة بين المصابين لتحديد من يمكن إنقاذه.
وفي خضم الحرب فقد ابنه إبراهيم، لكنه واصل أداء واجبه تجاه المرضى والجرحى.
كيف تحوّلت رحلة الطبيب الذي رفض التخلي عن مرضاه إلى قصة انتهت باعتقاله؟
شاهد فيلم «الطبيب الأخير» عبر منصة «الجزيرة 360».