Qatar Steel

 Qatar Steel

Qatar Steel (formerly QASCO) was formed in 1974 as the first integrated steel plant in the Persian Gulf. Commercial production commenced in 1978 with the company becoming wholly owned by Industries Qatar in 2003.

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 City 45 kilometres (28 mi) south of Doha. The company also operates a UAE based subsidiary Qatar Steel Company FZE.

Qatar Steel is the new corporate identity and the trade name for Qatar Steel Company, QSC. It was incorporated on October 14, 1974 by way of Emiri Decree No. 130 under its former name QASCO as the first integrated steel plant in the Persian Gulf region. 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.

Timeline
Year Milestone
1974 Qatar Steel was established on 14 October with its former name QASCO.
1978 Commenced steel production.
1981 Achieved 1 million tons of production for DR[4], EF, CC[6] and RM.
1989 Achieved 5 million tons of production from all plants.
1991 Acquired Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) mark certification.
1995 Acquired ISO 9002 certification.
1997 Fully owned by the Government of Qatar.
1999 Electric Arc Furnace 3 (EAF3) commissioned with a capacity of 622,000MT.
Acquired ISO 14001 Environmental Management Certification.
2002 Won accreditation to the ISO 14001 Environmental Management Programme.
2003 Wholly owned and became one of the IQ companies.
Marks 25th Silver Anniversary.
Implemented Oracle e-Business Suite to improve productivity
Achieves SASO certification.
Achieves 15 million tons production of molten steel and billets.
2007 Unveils new corporate identity with its new brand name Qatar Steel bearing the slogan “We Make Steel Matter”.
2008 Celebrates 30 years in business
Named in top four steel producers in the Middle East by MEED

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: An upgraded Wire Rod Mill with an installed capacity of 240,000 metric tonnes [MT] per annum and the present Rebar Mill with an annual capacity of 50,000 MT. The latter is soon to be replaced by a modern new Bar Mill from VAI–POMINI with a 300,000 MT capacity.