Qatar Steel became the first company in the Middle East and one of the four companies in the world to achieve “1 Rosette” rating for its good performance compared with other 22 certified companies complying only basic requirements of “PASS” rating, to be approved by the authority of UK CARES under sustainable construction steel certification scheme, for the production of continuous cast steel billets and hot rolled steel bar for the reinforcement of concrete. Launched in 2009, CARES Certification Scheme for Sustainable Constructional Steel was established to ensure confidence in the constructional steel performance across all the aspects of sustainability, economic, social and environmental.