Nass Contracting was appointed to execute the design and construction of a civil integration package for the United Steel Company (SULB) integrated steel plant in Bahrain. The 1.3 million square metre state-of-the-art steel production complex is located in Hidd industrial area.
It is being set up in collaboration with Japan's Yamato Kogyo Company, a leading global steel section producer, which also owns 49 per cent of the company.
The project aims to create the world's first fully integrated steel production facility with manufacturing capability extending from iron ore pelletising to final steel products, which will not only be of the highest standard and quality, but also the most competitive in terms of cost
The plant comprises a direct reduced iron plant (DRI Plant) with nameplate capacity of 1.5m tonnes per year (mtpy) and design capacity of 1.8 mtpy, a melt shop with nameplate capacity of 0.80 mtpy and design capacity of 1.2 mtpy, and a heavy section rolling mill with nameplate capacity of 0.60 mtpy and design capacity of 1mtpy.
SULB will also be the Middle East's first fully integrated medium and heavy beams and structural steel sections producer and is expected to replace approximately 20pc of the annual 4m tonne imports of these products into the region once fully operational
Work included in the package encompasses the construction of roads and pavements, lighting, storm water drainage, sewage treatment and potable water systems, gates and weigh bridges and non-process buildings.