The Environment

Qatar Steel aspires to be the first name in the region’s steel industry. Developments and initiatives undertaken by Qatar Steel to reduce toxic emission illustrates company’s proactive role towards protecting the environment and making the steel making process more eco friendly.

Unlike scrap based steel plants facing problem of emissions of heavy metal and toxic chemical, environmentally Qatar Steel has big advantages compared to many other plants in this region. The most significant advantage is that Qatar Steel’s production is based on DRI which uses cleanest raw material.

Environment Management Program
In addition to spearheading our environment friendly expansion plans, our Environment Section coordinates various projects with internal departments under an Environment Management Program. The company’s most significant environmental contribution is centered on diffusing dust emissions, which to a large degree are the results of technology utilized in the 1970’s. The revamping of our dust collection system in our existing facilities is within the scope of these projects.

As a part of waste management, Qatar Steel continues to study various options to re-using / re-cycling its production waste. Palletizing DR product dust and EF dust, recycling of Refractory bricks and extracting iron from slag are some of the programs under progress. The utilization of used tyres as a carbon source in the steel melting process is an achievement in the right direction. This project may be able to contribute to solving or reducing a major community waste problem.

ISO 14001:2004
Qatar Steel migrates to the new environmental ISO 14001:2004 standard as another landmark move towards these globally accepted environment standards. The alignment of environmental objectives, targets and programs with the corporate HSE objective were considered significant achievements during this transition. We succeeded in defining our communication with interested parties, establishing an effective internal audit system and reviewing its performance with the top management. Our success has inspired us to proceed with the development of an integrated management system in the near future.

Emergency Preparedness Program
Qatar Steel has an Emergency Response contingency plan and our policy is committed to ensuring that in all activities we seek to safeguard the health and safety of our employees & protect the environment.