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Industry News
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Micro steel mill for Al-Qaryan
AL-QARYAN Steel Company from the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has
placed an order with SMS Concast
for the design, manufacturing and
commissioning of a micro steel mill to
be installed in Dammam.
With the process route to be realised in
phase 1 consisting of induction furnace,
ladle furnace and continuous caster, Al-
Qaryan will make its first step into the
value adding production of commercial
billets. The overall layout considers
further expansions by adding a second
steel shop and caster as well as a rolling
mill for re-bars with a final production of
600,000 tons per year.
The scope of supply by SMS Concast
covers all technological equipment.
Apart from the above specified key
components it includes water treatment
plant, dust collection system, shop
cranes, material handling equipment
and related supervision services.
The signing ceremony for phase 1 of
the investment took place on 7 June,
2012 attended byMr MohammedQaryan
Al-Qahtani, chairman of Al-Qaryan Steel
Ltd, and executive representatives of the
group together with Stefan Rutishauser,
group managing director from SMS
Concast. “We are delighted to support
Al-Qaryan with excellent technology,”
said Dr Joachim Schönbeck, CEO of
SMS Concast and the business area
SMS Meer.
SMS Concast AG is a company of
the SMS group which, under the roof
of SMS Holding GmbH, consists of
a group of companies internationally
active in plant construction and
mechanical engineering for the steel
and non-ferrous metals industry.
With some 11,000 employees, the
group generates sales of over €3bn.
Saudi Arabia represents one of the
fastest growing steel industries in the
Middle East. Over the past few years, the
rapid economic development has led to
skyrocketing growth in the construction
and infrastructure industry, which has
boosted steel demand in the country
and caught the attention of global steel
giants. Saudi Arabia steel consumption
has rapidly surged over the past few
years on the back of growing investment.
SMS Concast – Germany
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