Qatar Steel Company, the first integrated steel plant in Middle East, hold its 34th forum of Quality Control Circle in Al Reem Club in Mesaieed. This is an important event on the company’s calendar, and was attended by MD & GM, Division Managers and Department Managers, other than the employees of the company. Commenting on the importance of the event, Eng. Mohammed Bin Nasser Al Hajri, Managing Director and General Manager of Qatar Steel, said: “This forum aims to encourage employees to innovate and contribute towards improving the working conditions, maintaining safety standards and attaining quality, while working to increase production. He continued saying that, ‘Qatar Steel has been conducting the forum of Quality Control Circles for many years now and is aimed at excelling in operations and manufacturing techniques used. This activity was originally associated with the Japanese Kaizen management and techniques, which has been accepted all over the Read more…

A group of thirty five industrial engineering students along with their academic staff from the College of Engineering of Qatar University visited Qatar Steel on November 5th to explore the steel making process and quality maintained through strict QA program. The aim for the visits was to show students what an actual steel plant looks like, and to encourage students to be the part of big steel workforce. By introducing students to steel making process, Qatar Steel’s learning and development provided a detailed induction program to the students on various aspects of operations. QU academic staff told, “The students were highly motivated and had realistic expectation to what they would encounter. This, together with the highly committed staff at Qatar Steel laid the basis for a good experience for the students.”

Qatar Steel celebrated the Occupational Health and Safety Day at its Head quarter in Mesaieed Industrial city, a celebration where the company takes into consideration of its community responsibility and the importance of maintaining health, safety and the environment. The ceremony was attended by Eng. Mohammed Bin Nasser Al-Hajri, Managing Director & General Manager, along with Division and Department Managers, employees from various Departments and Contractors. The program started with a welcome note by MD & GM’s and presentations by the various government agencies: Civil Defense, Drug Enforcement Administration, Traffic and Patrol Department, Al Fazah Police, Qatar Cancer Society and Du Pont. “As a member of the World Steel Federation, Qatar Steel attaches great importance to this event to ensure a safe and accident-free work environment, as well as to commit more efforts to improve HSE standards,” said Eng. Mohammed Bin Nasser Al-Hajri, Managing Director and General Manager. Al Hajri Read more…