LONG PRODUCTS BULLETIN - SMS Meer GmbH

Commissioning
Long-product Mills
About 1 million t of rebars per year
Hamriyah Steel, UAE:
Bar mill taken into service
Furnace area.
Intermediate train.
Finishing area.
In January 2010, the new bar mill of Hamriyah Steel, United
Arab Emirates, has been successfully started up. The mill in
the Emirate of Sharjah is a joint venture between the Russian
Metalloinvest Group and Sheik Sultan Bin Khalifa Bin Zayed
Al Nahyan.
The order for the supply of a turnkey plant was placed with SMS
Meer in June 2007. Construction work began in March 2008 and in
November 2009 about 95 % of the construction measures were
completed. In summer 2009, long-term contracts for water, power
and gas supply of the mill were concluded. This was a crucial prerequisite
for the success of the project since large projects often fail
in the Gulf region when such guarantees have not been provided.
Gradual increase in production
Prior to commissioning and during initial tests, the bar mill had already
produced 4,000 t of salable bars. Sale takes place through
Ural Steel. The mill of Hamriyah Steel has a capacity of 1 million t of
bars per year. For 2010 a production rate of 660,000 t is planned
and production shall be increased gradually: from 10,000 t in January
to 80,000 t in December. According to estimates by Hamriyah
Steel, the annual demand for rebars in the United Arab Emirates is
approx. 4 to 5 million t. Therefore, Hamriyah could cover 20 % of
the market. In addition to this, there are plans for exporting bar
products into the neighboring Gulf States, to Iran and Egypt.
Advanced cooling and
thermo-strengthening technology
Bars manufactured at a diameter range from 10 to 40 mm meet the
national and international standards BS4449, ASTM A615 and DIN
488. Owing to an advanced cooling and thermo-strengthening
technology, bars can be produced with low carbon and hardened
surfaces. The bars feature yield strengths up to 550 MPa and
achieve good values in terms of elongation and weldability.
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