Type Government Corporation Website www.qatarsteel.com.qa Founded 1974 Parent organization Industries Qatar | Industry Steel Milling Headquarters Mesaieed Number of employees 1,820 | |
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Key people Saad Rashid Al-Muhammadi
(Chairman)
Ali Hassan Al-Muraikhi
(Managing Director and General Manager)
Mohamed Ben Krid
(Finance Manager) Products Sponge Iron
Hot Briquetted Iron (HBI)
Steel Billets
Deformed Bars
Wire-Rod and Rebar In Coils Subsidiaries Qatar Steel Company FZE | ||
Qatar steel industries factory qsif company profile
Qatar Steel (formerly QASCO) was formed in 1974 as the first integrated steel plant in the Persian Gulf region. Commercial production commenced in 1978 with the company becoming wholly owned by Industries Qatar in 2003.
Contents
- Qatar steel industries factory qsif company profile
- Business Organization
- History
- Environmental commitment
- Facilities in Dubai
- References
Business Organization
Plant facilities includes a Midrex process based DRI/HBI Combo Mega Module, electric arc furnaces with a ladle refining furnace, a continuous casting plant and rolling mills. Other auxiliaries include jetty facilities, a main power substation, quality control center, maintenance shops and facilities for sea/fresh water, compressed air, natural gas and a clinic. It is named in top four steel producers in the Middle East by MEED. Its mill site is located in Mesaieed Industrial Area 45 kilometres (28 mi) south of Doha. The company also operates a UAE based subsidiary Qatar Steel Company FZE.
History
Qatar Steel is the new corporate identity and the trade name for Qatar Steel Company, QSC. It was incorporated on October 14, 1974 by Emiri Decree No. 130 under its former name QASCO as the first integrated steel plant in a GCC countries. It was a joint venture between the Government of Qatar [70%] and two Japanese companies, Kobe Steel [20%] and Tokyo Boeki [10%]. It started its full operation and steel production in 1978 and in 1997, shares of Kobe Steel and Tokyo Boeki were acquired by the Government of Qatar, which was later transferred to Qatar Petroleum and thereafter to Industries Qatar (IQ) during a reorganization in April 2003.
Environmental commitment
Compared to other steel plants the Qatar Steel's most significant advantage is that its production is based on DRI which uses clean raw material. It employs various methods of recycling and re-using production waste, basing its production process on the utilization of clean raw materials and, steel making technology that is the lowest producer of CO2 emission per ton.
Facilities in Dubai
Qatar Steel Company FZE was established in August 2003 to produce steel wire-rod products.
The company operates two primary facilities at its 60,000 Sq. meter Jebel Ali Free Zone site. The facilities have a yearly production capacity of 280,000 tonnes of wire rods and 300,000 tons of bars.