September 08, 2008

United Steel Industries to start Fujairah bar mill in 2008

It is reported that the first rolling mill in the Emirate of Fujairah and the largest in the United Arab Emirates will be built by United Steel Industries FZC and would start production in 2008.

The mill will produce the bar in coil and straight lengths in diameter rages of 6mm to 16 mm & 10mm to 40 mm diameter and wire rods in 5.5mm to 16 mm. It is expected that rolling mill furnace capacity will be 175 tonnes per hour. The capacity of this rolling mill will be 1 million tonnes per annum.

The mill designer is Italian VAI POMINI srl Minimill Technologies, which is specialized in engineering, manufacturing and delivering of hot mills for production of bar and rod.