1

32

CO

NT

EN

TS

CO

NT

EN

TS

5

CO

MPA

NY

PRO

FILE

IN IT

S EFF

ORT

S TO

MEET

TH

E

GRO

WIN

G D

EM

AN

D F

OR

ST

EEL

IN T

HE C

OU

NT

RY

AN

D IN

TH

E

REG

ION

, TH

E C

OM

PAN

Y IS

MA

KIN

G G

IAN

T S

TR

IDES

IN

STEEL P

RO

DU

CT

ION

IN IT

S EFF

ORT

S TO

MEET

TH

E

GRO

WIN

G D

EM

AN

D F

OR

ST

EEL

IN T

HE C

OU

NT

RY

AN

D IN

TH

E

REG

ION

, TH

E C

OM

PAN

Y IS

MA

KIN

G G

IAN

T S

TR

IDES

IN

STEEL P

RO

DU

CT

ION

Today

, Q

atar

Ste

el i

s w

idel

y re

cogn

ized

as

a fo

rem

ost

lea

der

in

the

stee

l in

dust

ry, ex

tendin

g its

pio

nee

ring

com

mitm

ent

from

an

expan

sive

mill

site

loca

ted in

the

hea

rt o

f th

e pro

gres

sive

Mes

aiee

d

Indust

rial

City

- 45 k

ilom

eter

s so

uth

of

the

nat

ion�s c

apital

, Doha.

The

Com

pan

y al

so o

per

ates

a U

AE b

ased

subsi

dia

ry -

Qat

ar S

teel

Com

pan

y FZ

E.

Insp

ired

to m

eet

the

grow

ing

dem

and for

stee

l in

Qat

ar a

s w

ell as

the

regi

on i

n g

ener

al, Q

atar

Ste

el h

as e

mbar

ked u

pon a

ser

ies

of

initia

tive

s ai

med

at

incr

easi

ng

its

pro

duct

ion c

apac

ity.

Stat

e-of-

art

tech

nic

ally

adva

nce

d e

xpan

sion p

roje

cts

are

des

igned

to p

roduce

worl

d c

lass

pro

duct

s. O

ver

the

year

s, Q

atar

Ste

el h

as s

ucc

essf

ully

forg

ed a

rem

arka

ble

rep

uta

tion b

y es

tablis

hin

g unri

valle

d q

ual

ity,

Cen

tral

to

th

is

achie

vem

ent

has

bee

n

the

dri

ve

to

exce

ed

cust

om

ers�

expec

tations.

Pla

nt fa

cilit

ies

hav

e co

me

to in

clude

a M

idre

x p

roce

ss b

ased

DR

I/H

BI

Furn

ace,

a C

ontinuous

Cas

ting

pla

nt

and R

olli

ng

Mill

s w

ith t

he

late

st a

uto

mat

ed f

eatu

res. O

ther

auxili

arie

s in

clude

wel

l-eq

uip

ped

Jett

y fa

cilit

ies, a

Mai

n P

ow

er S

ubst

atio

n, Q

ual

ity

Contr

ol

Cen

ter,

Mai

nte

nan

ce S

hops

and f

acili

ties

for

sea/

fres

h w

ater

, co

mpre

ssed

air,

nat

ura

l ga

s an

d a

Clin

ic.

plo

t re

serv

ed fo

r fu

ture

dev

elopm

ent

and ex

pan

sion. T

he

tota

l

the

mill

runs

on a

3-s

hift

sys

tem

.

FA

CIL

ITIE

S I

N F

ZE

Qat

ar S

teel

Com

pan

y FZ

E w

as e

stab

lished

to m

eet

the

grow

ing

dem

and fo

r hig

h-q

ual

ity

stee

l wir

e-ro

d p

roduct

s w

ithin

the

GC

C a

s

wel

l as

in inte

rnat

ional

mar

kets

.

Jebel

Ali

Free

Zone

site

: Sta

te-o

f-ar

t W

ire

Rod M

ill h

as a

n inst

alle

d

MT

per

annu

m.

QA

TA

R S

TE

EL

PR

OD

UC

TS

Qat

ar

Stee

l�s

mai

n

busi

nes

s is

th

e pro

duct

ion

and

supply

of

and S

teel

bill

ets, m

anufa

cture

d t

hro

ugh

moder

n a

nd s

tate

of th

e ar

t

pro

duct

ion t

echnolo

gy a

nd p

roce

ss.

By

pro

duct

s: Q

atar

Ste

el�s m

ain b

y-pro

duct

s ar

e Sl

ag g

ener

ated

from

DR

I pla

nt

and M

ill s

cale

gen

erat

ed fr

om

Cas

ter

& R

olli

ng

mill

s.

are

bei

ng

sold

to v

ario

us

cust

om

ers

for

furt

her

use

.

4

7

VIS

ION

, MIS

SIO

N A

ND

VA

LU

ES

DIR

EC

TO

R A

ND

GE

NE

RA

L M

AN

AG

ER

�S M

ES

SA

GE

Since

then

, Qat

ar S

teel

has

gro

wn in

to o

ne

of t

he

repute

d s

teel

com

pan

ies

in the

regi

on, i

ncr

easi

ng

pro

duct

ion

subst

antial

ly a

nd m

oder

niz

ing

the

pla

nt

faci

litie

s. T

he

com

pan

y oper

ates

a U

AE b

ased

subsi

dia

ry Q

atar

Ste

el

Com

pan

y FZ

E.

Ove

r th

e ye

ars, w

e hav

e su

cces

sfully

forg

ed a

lea

der

ship

bra

nd i

mag

e by

esta

blis

hin

g unri

valle

d q

ual

ity,

we

are

const

antly

stri

ving

for

continuous

impro

vem

ents

in a

ll ar

eas

of

oper

atio

ns

keep

ing

cust

om

ers

as t

he

core

them

e of our

busi

nes

s. O

ur

close

colla

bora

tion w

ith o

ur

valu

ed c

ust

om

ers

has

enab

led u

s to

pro

active

ly

resp

ond t

o c

han

ging

mar

ket

nee

ds

and t

o s

tay

ahea

d o

f co

mpet

itio

n.

We, a

t Q

atar

Ste

el, a

re s

trongl

y co

mm

itte

d t

o t

he

hig

hes

t sa

fety

sta

ndar

ds

and o

ur

all-tim

e lo

w lo

st t

ime

acci

den

t re

cord

is it

s m

anife

stat

ion.

We

const

antly

addre

ss s

oci

al a

nd e

nvir

onm

enta

l is

sue

as o

ur

tech

nolo

gies

and i

nves

tmen

ts a

re m

ore

ori

ente

d t

ow

ards

reduci

ng

CO

2

emis

sions, low

pro

duct

ion w

aste

s an

d in m

eeting

all st

ringe

nt

envi

ronm

enta

l st

andar

ds.

Insp

ired

by

our

visi

on a

nd s

trat

egic

goal

s, w

e ar

e ag

gres

sive

ly p

urs

uin

g our

grow

th p

lans

to m

ove

fro

m t

he

curr

ent

annual

pro

duct

ion le

vel o

f

2.7

mill

ion t

ons

to o

ver

5 m

illio

n t

ons

in 5

yea

r�s

tim

e th

rough

rev

ampin

g of ex

isting

faci

litie

s, n

ew e

xpan

sions, jo

int

ventu

res

and a

cquis

itio

ns.

opport

unitie

s in

the

min

ing

and p

elle

tiza

tion s

ecto

rs t

o e

nsu

re l

ong

term

str

ateg

ic s

ourc

ing

of

key

raw

mat

eria

l fo

r cu

rren

t an

d f

utu

re

pro

duct

ion r

equir

emen

ts.

Qat

ar S

teel

has

mai

nta

ined

a s

trat

egic

par

tner

ship

with its

loya

l tr

ader

s in

the

regi

on, a

nd w

ith t

he

support

of

its

dis

trib

uto

r�s

net

work

, it

We

are

com

mitte

d t

o c

ontinue

with o

ur

endea

vors

to c

onso

lidat

e our

com

pet

itiv

e posi

tion in

the

regi

on a

nd r

einfo

rce

the

vita

l role

that

we

Ali

Bin

Hass

an

Al-

Mu

raik

hi

Dir

ecto

r an

d G

ener

al M

anag

er

At

Qata

r S

tee

l w

e a

re h

igh

ly i

nsp

ire

d b

y V

isio

n,

Mis

sio

n,

Valu

es

an

d P

urp

ose

wh

ich

se

t th

e s

tage

to

sh

ow

ou

r

co

mm

itte

d e

ffo

rts

tow

ard

s co

rpo

rate

acti

vit

ies

an

d a

ch

ieve

th

e u

natt

ain

ab

le.

Vis

ion

We

en

de

avo

r t

o b

e u

niv

ers

all

y r

eco

gn

ize

d a

s a l

ead

ing a

nd

co

nst

an

tly g

row

ing f

orc

e i

n t

he

ste

el

ind

ust

ry o

f th

e r

egio

n,

to

be

ad

mir

ed

fo

r o

ur b

usi

ne

ss c

ult

ure

, fo

r b

uil

din

g v

alu

e f

or o

ur s

hare

ho

lde

rs a

nd

cu

sto

me

rs, an

d f

or b

rin

gin

g in

spir

ati

on

to

ou

r p

eo

ple

.

Mis

sio

n

Valu

es

T

he

dri

ve

rs o

f o

ur a

mb

itio

n:

T

rust

wo

rth

y

R

eli

ab

le

C

reati

ve

D

yn

am

ic

P

erc

ep

tive

Pu

rpo

se

To

re

ach

a le

agu

e w

he

re w

e w

ill

matt

er b

eyo

nd

n

orm

al

co

mm

erc

ial

ob

jecti

ve

s. T

o b

eco

me

th

e st

an

dard

fo

r q

uali

ty

9

QA

TA

R

STEEL

HA

S G

AIN

ED

A

R

EPU

TA

TIO

N

AS

A

MA

NU

FAC

TU

RER

O

F SU

PER

IOR

Q

UA

LIT

Y PR

OD

UC

TS,

DESI

GN

ED

TO

M

EET

IN

TER

NA

TIO

NA

L

STA

ND

AR

DS.

TH

E

PR

OD

UC

TS

AR

E

USE

D

IN

MA

JOR

PU

BLIC

A

ND

PR

IVA

TE P

RO

JEC

TS

IN T

HE R

EG

ION

, M

AIN

TA

ININ

G I

TS

AC

TIV

E P

RESE

NC

E IN

TH

E G

CC

IN

AD

DIT

ION

TO

BEIN

G

TH

E M

AJO

R P

LA

YER

IN

TH

E D

OM

EST

IC M

AR

KET.

OU

R

PR

OD

UC

TS

AR

E

DIS

TR

IBU

TED

TH

RO

UG

H A

ST

RO

NG

NET

WO

RK

O

F T

RA

DER

S IN

T

HE

REG

ION

, W

HO

IN

TU

RN

SU

PPLY

TH

EM

TO

PR

OJE

CT

OW

NER

S/EN

D U

SER

S

IN T

HEIR

RESP

EC

TIV

E M

AR

KET

S.

Bra

nd build

ing,

C

ust

om

er

centr

ic an

d dat

a dri

ven m

eth

od o

f

com

munic

atin

g w

ith t

he c

ust

om

ers

to

max

imiz

e t

he i

mpac

t o

n

in o

ur

endeav

our

to d

iffe

renti

ate i

t fr

om

co

mpeti

tio

n a

nd s

tay

ahead

.

The c

om

pan

y ensu

res

hig

h s

ales

perf

orm

ance

year

aft

er

year

,

dra

win

g st

rengt

h fr

om

to

uch

-bas

e r

ela

tio

nsh

ip w

ith it

s cu

sto

mers

,

stra

tegi

es.

While

a

robust

te

chno

logi

cal

netw

ork

fa

cilit

ates

and s

hip

pin

g o

pera

tio

n c

om

ple

ment

eac

h o

ther

by

meeti

ng

all

deliv

ery

of

mat

eri

al t

o c

ust

om

ers

.

Mar

ket

Rese

arch

pro

vides

the n

eeded m

arke

ting

inte

llige

nce

that

faci

litat

es

deci

sio

n m

akin

g in

dete

rmin

ing

mar

ket

dev

elo

pm

ent

and p

enetr

atio

n s

trat

egy

to

ensu

re t

he c

om

peti

tive

ness

of

the

com

pan

y at

all

tim

es. O

ur

const

ant

endeav

or

to d

iffe

renti

ate o

ur

SET

TIN

G S

TA

ND

AR

DS

FOR

CU

STO

MER

SA

TIS

FAC

TIO

N

bra

nd a

nd i

ncu

lcat

e c

ore

val

ues

has

culm

inat

ed i

n d

eliv

eri

ng

a

uniq

ue c

ust

om

er

po

rtal

� a

n e

lect

ronic

gat

eway

that

fac

ilita

tes

two

w

ay

com

munic

atio

ns

betw

een

the

com

pan

y an

d

its�

cust

om

ers

to

co

nduct

eve

ryday

busi

ness

. It

faci

litat

es

cust

om

er

to p

lace

request

fo

r desi

red p

roduct

s o

nlin

e a

nd a

lso

tra

ck t

he

ord

er

stat

us

unti

l it

is

ship

ped i

ncl

udin

g an

y ag

reed c

han

ges

in

the q

uan

tity

and d

eliv

ery

sch

edule

s.

wo

rks

on a

ho

listi

c ap

pro

ach. I

t deliv

ers

so

luti

ons

and f

acili

tate

s

in est

ablis

hin

g an

in

div

idual

ized re

lati

onsh

ips

wit

h cu

sto

mers

wit

h a

n a

im o

f im

pro

ving

cust

om

er

sati

sfac

tio

n i

n t

he p

roduct

s

and v

alue a

dded s

erv

ices

that

we p

rovi

de.

Co

mm

unic

atio

ns

speci

aliz

es

in d

eliv

eri

ng

cost

-effect

ive a

ctio

nab

le

solu

tio

ns

for

the b

usi

ness

to

fac

ilita

te a

nd im

pro

ve o

n c

ust

om

ers

�

com

peti

tive

ness

an

d

visi

bili

ty

thro

ugh

va

rio

us

bra

nd

build

ing

stra

tegi

es. M

anag

ing

the c

orp

ora

te b

rand is

our

top p

rio

rity

.

8

11

WELL -

EQ

UIP

PED

JET

TY

IN

CLO

SEPRO

XIM

ITY

TO

PRO

DU

CT

ION

FA

CIL

ITIE

S

13

12

leve

ragi

ng

the

inher

ent

capab

ilities

of

the

equip

men

t, m

argi

nal

inve

stm

ents

in b

alan

cing

bott

lenec

ks, u

pgr

adin

g th

e eq

uip

men

t to

oper

atio

nal

im

pro

vem

ents

.

exce

edin

g its

des

ign c

apac

ity

of

1.5

mill

ion M

T.

Qual

ity

of

CD

R1

and H

B1 p

roduce

d i

n t

his

module

is

consi

der

ed t

o b

e one

of

the

DIR

EC

T R

ED

UC

TIO

N P

LA

NT

DIR

EC

T R

ED

UC

TIO

N P

LA

NT

bes

t in

DR

indust

ry.

This

pla

nt

inco

rpora

tes

all

the

feat

ure

s of

an u

p-t

o-d

ate

MID

REX

Pla

nt.

In a

dditio

n, it u

ses

�SIM

PAX

� � a

n

auto

mat

ed lev

el-2

qual

ity

contr

ol m

odule

.

Qat

ar S

teel

�s D

irec

t R

educt

ion P

lants

pro

duce

both

CD

RI an

d H

BI.

module

that

pro

duce

s C

DR

I an

d H

BI.

Ho

t B

riq

ue

tte

Iro

n (

HB

I)

Hot bri

quet

te h

as b

een p

ract

iced

on a

n in

dust

rial

sca

le fo

r 3 d

ecad

es

and p

refe

rred

met

hod o

f pre

par

ing

DR

I fo

r st

ori

ng

and t

ransp

ort

inte

rnat

ional

ly. T

o m

ake

HB

I, hot

DR

I dis

char

ged fr

om

the

MID

REX

o C

is

com

pre

ssed

into

pill

ow

shap

ed

Met

alliz

atio

n≥

Car

bon

.

Appar

ent

Den

sity

Stea

dy

stat

e oper

atio

ns

are

expec

ted

to

resu

lt

in

extr

emel

y

consi

sten

t qual

ity

of D

RI &

HB

I.

DR

-1 M

od

ule

pro

duce

d 2

1.3

Mill

ion t

ons

of D

RI.

DR

-2 M

od

ule

Firs

t of its

kind C

OM

BO

Pla

nt

com

mis

sioned

in t

he

worl

d.

export

ed t

o o

ur

cust

om

ers

in A

sia

and G

CC

countr

ies.

cent

den

ser

than

DR

I pel

lets

& lum

p a

nd r

educe

s th

e te

nden

cy for

re-o

xid

atio

n.

This

enab

les

HB

I to

be

store

d a

nd h

andle

d w

ithout

spec

ial

pre

cautions

as r

ecogn

ized

by

the

Inte

rnat

ional

Mar

itim

e

Sele

ctiv

e pre

miu

m D

R G

rade

pel

lets

with lo

w e

lem

ents

and g

angu

es

are

sourc

ed t

o p

roduce

consi

sten

tly

hig

h m

etal

lized

CD

RI &

HB

I.

DR

-1 pro

duce

s C

DR

I ex

clusi

vely

fo

r ca

ptive

co

nsu

mption. T

he

pro

duct

qual

ity

range

s ar

e:

per

cen

t oper

atio

nal

rel

iabili

ty.

CD

RI pro

duce

d c

onta

in;

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t, Q

atar

Ste

el c

ontinues

to s

tudy

vari

ous

options

to

re-u

sing

/ re

-cyc

ling

its

pro

duct

ion

was

te.

Pelle

tizi

ng

DR

pro

duct

dust

and E

F dust

, re

cycl

ing

of

Ref

ract

ory

bri

cks

and e

xtr

acting

iron f

rom

sla

g ar

e so

me

of

the

pro

gram

s

under

pro

gres

s. T

he

utiliz

atio

n o

f use

d t

ires

as

a ca

rbon s

ourc

e in

the

stee

l m

elting

pro

cess

is

an a

chie

vem

ent

in t

he

righ

t dir

ection.

This

pro

ject

may

be

able

to c

ontr

ibute

to s

olv

ing

or

reduci

ng

a

maj

or

com

munity

was

te p

roble

m.

28

31

The

scope

of w

aste

man

agem

ent

cove

rs a

ll dep

artm

ents

, act

ivitie

s,

pro

cess

es a

nd t

ypes

of

was

te. T

he

pla

n a

pplie

s to

all

haz

ardous

was

tes, n

on-h

azar

dous

was

tes, r

ecyc

lable

mat

eria

ls a

s w

ell a

s w

ater

& e

ner

gy c

onse

rvat

ion.

HS

E T

rain

ing:

Safe

ty ed

uca

tion &

tr

ainin

g is

a

continuous

pro

cess

. B

asic

H

SE

trai

nin

g is

im

par

ted t

o a

ll th

e new

em

plo

yees

who join

Qat

ar S

teel

as w

ell

as t

o a

ll Su

bco

ntr

acto

r em

plo

yees

in v

ario

us

langu

ages

to

enab

le t

hem

to g

et a

cquai

nte

d w

ith Q

atar

Ste

el w

ork

culture

.

He

at

Str

ess

Man

age

me

nt:

Cam

pai

gns

on t

he

haz

ards

of hea

t st

ress

, pam

phle

ts o

n t

he

do�s a

nd

don�ts

to b

eat

the

hea

t, aw

aren

ess

trai

nin

g pro

gram

on h

eat

stre

ss

pla

ces

for

Hea

t St

ress

Man

agem

ent

by

HSE

rep

rese

nta

tive

s ar

e al

l

par

t of our

Hea

t St

ress

Man

agem

ent

Cam

pai

gn.

Safe

ty P

erfo

rm

an

ce

:

The

Safe

ty P

erfo

rman

ce o

f Q

atar

Ste

el is

know

n t

o b

e one

of

the

bes

t in

the

Stee

l In

dust

ry h

avin

g a

very

low

Acc

iden

t Fr

equen

cy

& S

ever

ity

rate

in c

om

par

ison w

ith t

he

like

Indust

ries

. B

eing

a

Sust

ainab

le P

roduce

r, Q

atar

Ste

el h

as a

Str

ateg

ic o

bje

ctiv

e fo

r th

e

nea

r fu

ture

with a

focu

s on �

No lost

tim

e A

ccid

ent�

to b

ecom

e a

lead

er in

Saf

ety.

A n

um

ber

of S

afet

y in

itia

tive

s in

volv

ing

emplo

yees

&

motiva

tion a

war

ds

are

bei

ng

pla

nned

& im

ple

men

ted t

o r

each

our

Accid

en

t F

ree

Qata

r S

tee

l�

Em

erg

en

cy p

rep

are

dn

ess

pro

gra

m

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mer

gency

res

ponse

continge

ncy

pla

n i

n Q

atar

Ste

el e

nsu

res

that

the

hea

lth a

nd s

afet

y of

the

emplo

yees

and e

nvir

onm

ent

are

safe

guar

ded

. Var

ious

emer

gency

pre

par

ednes

s dri

lls l

ike, ch

emic

al

evac

uat

ion d

rills

etc

. are

under

take

n fro

m t

ime

to t

ime.

Re

searc

h a

nd

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ve

lop

me

nt

to fa

cilit

ate

in n

ew p

roduct

dev

elopm

ent,

pro

cess

impro

vem

ent

and

cost

red

uct

ion, s

ust

ainab

le &

rec

ycla

ble

ste

el p

roduct

ion, t

o n

ame

a fe

w. P

roduct

ion o

f �su

stai

nab

le s

teel

� is

expec

ted t

o r

educe

CO

2

emis

sions

and r

ecyc

le w

aste

s th

ereb

y pro

tect

ing

the

envi

ronm

ent

and e

nhan

cing

the

core

bra

nd v

alue

of th

e co

mpan

y.

TH

E E

NV

IRO

NM

EN

T

33

32

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BLE

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ERY

A

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FTER

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LES

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ICES.

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R

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IFIC

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ION

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35

34

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CT

SPEC

IFIC

AT

ION

S

CO

NT

INO

US

CA

STIN

G IS

USE

D T

OM

AN

UFA

CT

UR

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NIF

OR

M A

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CLEA

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ILLET

S Q

UIC

KLY

AN

D E

FFIC

IEN

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ST

EE

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S

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som

e of th

e bill

ets

pro

duce

d a

t Q

atar

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el a

re d

irec

tly

sold

to c

ust

om

ers, m

ost

are

pro

cess

ed in

to b

ars

at o

ne

of our

rolli

ng

mill

s.

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supply

hig

h q

ual

ity

stee

l bill

ets

of

vari

ous

cross

-sec

tions

and s

izes

, whic

h e

nab

le u

s to

mee

t th

e cu

stom

er r

equir

emen

ts a

nd i

ndust

ry

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NT

INO

US

CA

STIN

G IS

USE

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OM

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OR

M A

ND

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IFIC

AT

ION

S

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T S

PE

CIF

ICA

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N

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ICA

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ION

:

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istr

y

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ICA

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Sr. N

o.

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epta

nce

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teri

a

1.

LEN

GT

H

2.

SEC

TIO

N2

2

3.

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GT

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3 m

m

4.

RH

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ber

5m

m/m

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more

than

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met

er

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AN

GU

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ends

will

be

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11.

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ICA

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t th

e en

d o

f ea

ch b

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cas

t nu

mber

will

be

stam

ped

.

12.

SUR

FAC

ET

he

bill

ets

will

be

free

fro

m s

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ace

imper

fect

ion w

hic

h im

pai

r th

e

pro

duct

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ity

such

as

longi

tudin

al c

rack

s, t

ransv

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cra

cks, D

eep

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ple

mar

k, S

cab &

thic

k sc

ale, s

lag

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ches

, surf

ace

blo

w h

ole

s et

c.

13.

PIP

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xis

tence

39

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SPEC

IFIC

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ION

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IFIC

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mp

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& P

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pe

rtie

s

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tren

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2

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in

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tren

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in 9

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--

--

±4.5

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± ± 3

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ben

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5

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y

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dab

le/

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le

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dab

le

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le

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eldab

leH

igh T

ensi

leN

on-W

eldab

le

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ch

nic

al

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atu

res

-

pro

duce

d

with

low

ca

rbon

equiv

alen

t &

Wel

dab

le,

wher

eas

-

consu

mption &

conge

stio

n in s

truct

ure

, in t

urn

red

uce

s ove

rall

cost

of pro

ject

-

duct

ility

-

bet

ter

ben

d p

erfo

rman

ce, d

ue

to s

ever

e ben

d &

re-

ben

d a

ngl

e.

41

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DU

CT

SPEC

IFIC

AT

ION

S

WIR

E R

OD

AN

D R

EB

AR

IN

CO

IL S

PE

CIF

ICA

TIO

NS

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du

ct

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e

Pro

duct

sSi

ze -

MM

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e R

od

5.5

11

12

14

-

Reb

ar In C

oil

--

----

---

-12

14

-

Wir

e R

od

Gra

de

s

Re

bar i

n C

oil

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ght

& D

imen

sion

Met

allu

rgic

al S

tandar

d

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em

ical

& M

ech

an

ical

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pe

rtie

s

GR

AD

EY

s-N

/mm

2T

s-N

/mm

2

35 M

in- -

275 �

325

-

22 M

in-

9 M

in.

-

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997

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14 M

in.

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.

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en

sio

nal

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lera

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s o

f W

ire

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ds:

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MM

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QS

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rance

is

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f of

AST

M T

ole

rance

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eral

req

uir

emen

ts

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h c

oil

will

hav

e ta

g w

ith u

niq

ue

coil

num

ber

and H

eat

num

ber

.

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