ISSUE NO.

76 • 2005
PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY THE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICE OF QATAR STEEL COMPANY (Q.S.C.) - (QASCO) - A SUBSIDIARY OF INDUSTRIES QATAR (IQ)

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 Sincere Felicitations and
Best Wishes to

H.H. SHEIKH HAMAD BIN KHALIFA AL THANI

Emir of the State of Qatar

H.H. SHEIKH TAMIM BIN HAMAD AL THANI

Heir Apparent
the Government and the people of Qatar
on the occasion of
EID Al ADHA.
Yousef Hussain Kamal
Minister of Finance & Chairman of QASCO
Board of Directors,
General Manager, Management & Staff of
Qatar Steel Company Q.S.C. (QASCO)
A subsidiary of Industries Qatar (IQ)
CONTENTS
Issue No. 76 • 2005

Production Performance 2

30th Quality Circle Conference 3

QASCO DUBAI Signs Agreement with Arab Bank plc

and Italian VAI POMINI 4

Qatar Petroleum - 5th Supplier's Forum 5

Ambassador and Business Delegation of Morocco Visit QASCO 6

College of The North Atlantic - Qatar Visits QASCO 7

Honouring Ceremony of QASCO Employees

with 10, 15, 20 and 25 Years of Service 8

Editor’s Message
Dear Alsolb Reader,

This is the 76th issue of Alsolb Magazine. It coincides with QASCO's ceremonies in honour of
the employees who have completed 10, 15, 20 and 25 years of service in QASCO and with the
Quality Circle Conference. On this occasion, H.E. Sheikh Nasser Bin Hamad Al Thani, Member of
the Board of Directors and General Manager, delivered a speech praising the efforts of QASCO
staff and wishing the continuity of these efforts in order to realise further achievements,
maintain QASCO's competitiveness and promote the name of QASCO both nationally and
internationally.

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MANUFACTURING DEPARTMENT

PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE

PRODUCTION UNITS IN THE

MANUFACTURING DEPARTMENT
All the production units (EF/CC/RM) in the Manufacturing Department
exceeded their previous year’s figures and posted new records.
The results achieved against the budget in each shop are illustrated
below:

NOTED ACHIEVEMENTS
EF PLANT
• Gunning Robot for EF3 has been put into operation due to which the wall
refractory life has increased from 300 to 600 heats per campaign, resulting in
the increase of furnace availability.
• Tire shredding machine has been installed and shredded tires are being
charged in the furnace regularly. This has positively contributed to the
environmental issue of disposing used tires in Qatar.
• Pelletizing equipment – to recycle EF dust and DR product dust – has arrived
and is under instalation.
CC PLANT
• Online Tundish Nozzle Changing System has been implemented in all the three
Continuous Casting Machines, and is running successfully.
• Implementation of Mould Level Controller in No.1 CC machine is currently
under progress.
RM SECTION
• Straightening machine with sizes D8, D10 & D12 was successfully
commissioned and is presently in operation.

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 QASCO NEWS

30TH QUALITY CIRCLE CONFERENCE

on 1st December, 2005 H.E. Sheikh Nasser Bin Hamad Al Thani, Member of the Board of Directors and General
Manager of QASCO inaugurated the 30th Quality Circle Conference held in Al Wosail Room of The Ritz-Carlton,
Doha.
Eight proposals were discussed during the Conference. At the end of the Conference, Mr. Yousef Qassim
Al Emadi, Manager of the Production Dept., awarded prizes to the following winning departments:

Sl. No. Dept./Sec. Theme Prize

1 DR Elimination of unsafe conditions General

in different areas in DR Manager
2 MFG-RM CC shear diverter modification General
Manager
3 MFG-CC Safety precautions against General
molten steel hazards in CC Manager
4 MAINT-FINISHING Safe and improved method PM - Gold
of dismantling & assembling crane wheels
5 MAINT-RM ELECT. Ensure maximum availability PM - Gold
of carbide ring notching machine
6 MAINT-SUB-STN. Uninterrupted cooling water supply PM - Gold
for CC3 W/T mould and spray system
7 MAINT-MH/DR Enhance working safety in DR furnace zone PM - Silver
8 MC Improvement of scrap discharging system PM - Silver
by Liebherr crane

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 QASCO NEWS

QASCO DUBAI SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH

ARAB BANK PLC AND ITALIAN VAI POMINI FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF A 300,000 TPY BAR MILL PROJECT

On Monday, 21 November 2005, QASCO Dubai, an affiliated company of Qatar

Steel Company, signed a contract with the Italian Company VAI POMINI, for the
construction of a ‘bar mill project’ with an annual production capacity of
300,000 tons.
The agreement was signed by H.E. Sheikh Nasser Bin Hamad Al Thani, Chairman
of Board of Directors of QASCO Dubai and Member of the Board of Directors
and General Manager of QASCO and Mr. Carmine Costaro, Area Sales Manager
of VAI POMINI. The contract signing ceremony was attended by Mr. Mahesh
Pancholia, Director and General Manager of QASCO Dubai and top officials of
the two companies as well as press representatives.
The new plant has been designed to produce 300,000 tons per year of steel
bars and is expected to commence production in the first half of 2007.
On Monday, 21 November 2005 QASCO Dubai also signed a US$ 52,000,000
finance agreement with Arab Bank plc, for funding QASCO Dubai's new bar mill
project as well as the raw material purchases. The agreement was signed by
H.E. Sheikh Nasser Bin Hamad Al Thani, Chairman of the Board of Directors of
QASCO Dubai and Member of the Board of Directors and General Manager of
QASCO and Mr. Mohamed Azab, Vice President and Area Manager of Arab Bank
in the UAE.
H.E. Sheikh Nasser Bin Hamad Al Thani, Chairman of Board of Directors of
QASCO Dubai, pointed out, “QASCO Dubai enjoys an excellent reputation as a
producer of high-quality steel. Our decision to expand our steel production
facilities was in response to the ever-increasing demand for our products in
various markets. The new plant, which will be able to meet the anticipated
demand for our products, will be fully automatic and will be equipped with all
the necessary facilities and services”.
“We are proud to be associated with the economic development of UAE and
Qatar and with the expansion projects of QASCO Dubai. Integration of the
infrastructure of Qatar Steel Company (QASCO) and QASCO Dubai will prove our
international worth and will guarantee our success in the coming years”,
H.E. Sheikh Nasser Bin Hamad Al Thani added.

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QATAR PETROLEUM
- 5TH SUPPLIER'S FORUM

On 27th September 2005 Qatar Petroleum hosted the 5th Supplier's Forum at Sheraton Doha Hotel &
Resort. The main objective of the forum was to strengthen the business relationships of QP and its
associated companies. The forum, which was chaired by Mr. Abdulaziz Zeid Al-Taleb, Materials Manager of
QP and Chairman of the Co-ordination Committee, provided local companies with an opportunity to
discuss the important issues and challenges faced by both clients and suppliers, with the representatives of
the materials management of QP group.
QASCO was represented at the forum by Mr. Ahmed Al Muftah, Head of Equipment & Service Contracts
and Mr. Maged Mahmoud El-Banna, Head of Warehousing Operations. Delegates from QP, QAPCO,
Qatargas, QAFAC, RasGas, QAFCO,Q-CHEM, ORYX and KAHRAAMA as well as around 150 local
suppliers attended the forum.
The following views were expressed by the delegates:
1. Sharing of information regarding the tendering process & procedures.
2. Delay in payments & follow-up procedures.
3. Suggestion to form a technical team related to technical & commercial matters
within the Procurement/Materials Department to speed-up the evaluation process.
4. Standardisation of terms and conditions among Qatar Petroleum and its associated
companies.
5. Evaluation period is too long and partial orders are not economical.
6. Supplier's registration process is not standardized/formalized.
QASCO’s Procurement Division will be working on enhancing its processes in order to satisfy
its local suppliers’ requests & comments.