Name and Location
Long-product rolling mill project, United Arab Emirates.

Client
United Steel & Metal Industries.

Project Description
The project involves the construction of a long-product rolling mill in the Fujairah Free Zone, with a production capacity of up to 950 000 t/y of structural steel.

It will comprise a bar mill for rebars and a wire-rod line, which will produce rod and wire coils.

Value
Not stated.

Duration
The new rolling mill is scheduled to come into operation in mid-2014.

Latest Developments
Siemens Metals Technologies has been awarded the contract to build the mill.

This comprises the erection of the supplied technological equipment and additional services for the site project management.

The merchant-bar line will consist of 21 rolling stands, a heat-treatment system, a 120 m cooling bed and machines for counting, bundling and binding the bars.

The maximum rolling speed will be 16 m/s.

The wire-rod mill will reach speeds of up to 105 m/s and produce rods or wire coils.

The equipment to be supplied by Siemens includes a ten-stand monoblock finishing mill, pinch rolls, the laying head, a cooling conveyor and machines for forming and compacting coils. The scope will also include shears to crop and cut the end products to size on both rolling lines.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
Siemens (construction contract).

On Budget and on Time?
The project was suspended in 2008 because of the global financial crisis, and those parts of the plant that had already been delivered were put into storage.

Contact Details for Project Information
United Steel & Metal Industries, tel +971 50 303 0185, tel +971 55 244 1133 or email awad@usmi-llc.com.
Siemens Metals Technologies, Rainer Schulze, tel +49 9131 7 44544 or email rainer.schulze@siemens.com.