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Algeria's AQS starts to put steel billet into production

2 Dec 2019 15:06 reported by Alex Lo

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Algerian Qatari Steel (AQS), one of the steelmakers in Algeria, confirmed that the steel billet already put into production, said in the annual meeting of Arab Iron & Steel Union (AISU) held in Tunisia.

AQS normally used imported billet to produce steel product however recently they were trying to make billet by themselves instead of importing from oversea.

The corporation said that they would go on the first trial at the end of November and the planned to full the capacity of 2.2 million tons at the beginning of January.

If the operation went well, the next step would be 2.4 million tons and the extra billet would be shipped to Tunisia.

Besides, AQS also had direct reduced iron (DRI) capacity with 2.5 million tons but still pending, the corporation would make some tests of DRI facility but concerning the global steel market remained weak, the final decision would be made at the end of this year.

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