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Qatar Steel Plans to Expand Steelmaking Facility
03/11/2011 - Qatar Steel has initiated a new project to increase the company’s overall production, including the addition of a new 110-tonne EAF, 110-tonne ladle furnace, and 6-strand high speed billet caster.
Qatar Steel has initiated a new project to increase the company’s overall production. The expansion will help the company respond to steel demand in the local and GCC market as well as the 2030 vision of State of Qatar.
The plant will be located adjacent to existing plants in Mesaieed. It is expected to be commissioned by the first quarter of 2013.
The contract for the 1.1 million tonnes/year steelmaking plant was signed March 8, 2011 by Ali Bin Hassan Al Muraiki, Director and General Manager of Qatar Steel, and Norbert Petermaier, Senior Vice President of Siemens VAI.
The plant will comprise Siemens VAI’s ultra-high power 110-tonne electric arc furnace, 110-tonne ladle furnace and 6-strand high speed billet caster coupled with sophisticated fume extraction system for zero emission.
The plant will be designed according to Siemens VAI’s best technology in the field of steel plant machinery, equipment and automation, in order to aim for low investment, high productivity, high production flexibility and high product quality as well as low specific consumption costs for materials such as electrodes, electrical energy, alloys, natural gas, oxygen, water, refractory, etc.
The engineering design of the planned equipment will be designed to assure maximum safety. Special attention also will be paid to standardization, interchangeability of the various components, and minimizing the need for maintenance and access.
The signing ceremony, which was held at Qatar Steel’s Doha office, was attended by delegates from both companies.
The plant will comprise Siemens VAI’s ultra-high power 110-tonne electric arc furnace, 110-tonne ladle furnace and 6-strand high speed billet caster coupled with sophisticated fume extraction system for zero emission.
The plant will be designed according to Siemens VAI’s best technology in the field of steel plant machinery, equipment and automation, in order to aim for low investment, high productivity, high production flexibility and high product quality as well as low specific consumption costs for materials such as electrodes, electrical energy, alloys, natural gas, oxygen, water, refractory, etc.
The engineering design of the planned equipment will be designed to assure maximum safety. Special attention also will be paid to standardization, interchangeability of the various components, and minimizing the need for maintenance and access.
The signing ceremony, which was held at Qatar Steel’s Doha office, was attended by delegates from both companies.
