Qatar Steel News

09 Nov 2020

On 6th November 2020 Qatar Steel celebrated the completion of 12 months period without a single Lost Time Injury amongst its workforce, including contractors’ employees. This distinct milestone of having an LTIFR of 0 (ZERO) is achieved first time in Qatar Steel, and only a first step on its journey towards Safety Excellence. The company also recorded a never achieved before landmark of working 10 million man-hours without a Lost Time Injury during the first week of November 2020. These hours were accumulated since last Contractor LTI and Qatar Steel LTI respectively. Qatar Steel embarked on a journey towards Zero Harm nearly three years ago with an ambitious goal at its heavy industry plant in Mesaieed. The strategy included safety culture transformation, with focus on visible felt leadership, behavioral change for its employees, as well as focus on contractor employees. Management commitment and dedication, a robust Safety Observation program, and Read more…

12 Apr 2020

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 our 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 is to ensure confidence in the constructional steel performance across all the aspects of sustainability, economic, social and environmental. This certification is one step towards improving upon the sustainability performance of reinforcement bars with a systematic approach to management systems. Reinforcing steel is a significant part of any major construction project. The supply chain for reinforcing steel, its production, distribution, processing and delivery to a construction Read more…

08 Mar 2020

In a special ceremony, Qatar Steel bid farewell to employees working in the Steel Making Dept. the Supply Chain & Logistics Dept. and the Maintenance & Engineering Dept. The ceremony was attended by MD & CEO and all Chief Officers heading different Departments. Mr. Mohammed Nasser Al Hajri, MD & CEO, thanked all of them individually for the contribution they made while working in Qatar Steel and wished best of luck for their life ahead. An appreciation certificate was handed over to each of the employees by MD & CEO himself. The presence of management and employees created a memorable ambience all around.