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Production Facilities

Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) plant has a designed capacity of 1.5 million tons a year (mty) and is currently running at an annualised rate of 1.6 mty.

Designed by Midrex Technologies and Kobe Steel Ltd to produce material to the stringent standards required for downstream processing. The facility is able to produce Hot DRI for in-house consumption, and Cold DRI for the market. Utilising state-of-the-art technology, the facility maintains a high level of efficiency, which has enabled it to increase productivity while reducing the consumption of energy and water.

Melt Shop has a design capacity of 0.97 mty and is currently running at an annualised output of 1.1 mty.

The state-of-the-art facility employs EAF technology designed by SMS Concast. This is operated by a team of experienced professionals who ensure the semi-finished product is as per the stringent requirements of our customers. The plant is operated to consistent quality, high safety standards and with minimal environment impact.

Heavy Section Mill is a computer-controlled facility and was developed by SMS Meer as the technology supplier. SMS Meer is regarded as a world-leader in structural steel rolling mills.

It has a designed capacity output of 0.6 mty and produces the widest range of sizes and highest standards in the region.

Light and Medium Section Mill, in Saudi Arabia, producing structural steel for the construction market as beams, channels, angles and flat sheets. It is known for its quality products and is the supplier of choice for customers seeking transmission towers. Receives in-house billet supply direct from the Melt Shop in Bahrain. Production capacity of 450,000 mty.

These levels of operation are achieved despite using natural gas feedstock with 12% nitrogen and 7% carbon dioxide.

SULB Bahrain represents an investment of over US $1.4 billion

Product range

Beams & Columns
Angles
Channels
Flat Bars
Billets
Dri
Beams & Columns
Angles
Channels
Flat Bars
Billets
Dri

Steel Grades

JIS (Japanese) en (european)
JIS G3101 JIS G3106 JIS G3136 en 10025-2
SS400
SS490
SS540
SM400A
SM400B
SM490A
SM490B
SM490YA
SM490YB
SM520B
SN400B
SN490B
S235JR
S235J0
S235J2
S275JR
S275J0
S275J2
S355JR
S355J0
S355J2
S355K2
S450J0
as (Australian) astm (american) KS (KOREAN)
as/nzs 3679.1 a36 a992 a572 KS d3503 ks d3515 KS 3866
300
350
Grade 36 Grade 50 Grade 50
Grade 55
Grade 60
Grade 65
SS275 SM355A SHN275
SHN355
IS (INDIAN) CSA (CANADIAN)
IS 2062 5 40.20
E250A
E250BR
E250B0
E250C
E275A
E275BR
E275B0
E275C
E300A
E300BR
E300B0
E300C
E350A
E350BR
E350B0
E350C
350W|

Processes

Direct Reduced Iron (DRI)

DRI is a premium ore-based metallic (OBM) raw material made by removing chemically-bound oxygen from iron oxide pellets without melting which makes for an energy-efficient feedstock.


DRI physical and chemical characteristics make it desirable for use in Electric Arc Furnaces (EAF).

The DR Plant is designed to produce both Hot DRI (HDRI) and Cold DRI (CDRI) in any proportion according to the Melt Shop requirements.

Oxide pellets are supplied by the company’s sister operation Bahrain Steel located immediately adjacent to SULB Bahrain.

Many clients across MENA region and South East Asia are satisfied.

Oxide pellets are supplied by the company’s sister operation Bahrain Steel

The Production Process

Standards & Certification

Quality and Management Systems

Quality, Occupational Health & Safety and Environment (QHSE) Integrated Management System (IMS)

SULB’s philosophy of building Quality, Health & Safety and Environmental management into all processes across the entire organisation demonstrates its commitment to continually achieve excellence in operations in all regards.

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Third Party Certification for the Integrated Management System (IMS) is in line with the following International Standards:

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Energy Management System (EnMS) - ISO 50001 Certification

Decarbonisation is one of SULB’s main priorities and an ambitious strategy positions the company at the leading edge of the steel industry in the fight against climate change. This will require a tremendous collaboration from everyone in the value chain, including our suppliers, distributors, logistics providers and other business partners; an approach that builds credibility by showing that SULB is thinking about emissions across every part of the business.

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  • SULB Bahrain ISO 50001 Certificate  Download

Quality Control, Inspection & Testing and Laboratory Accreditation - ISO/IEC 17025

SULB’s rigorous Independent Quality Control Inspection and Testing programmes use its in-house laboratories, backed up by experienced teams of QC Inspectors and Engineers to ensure all products continually meet the demands of international standards and specifications.

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  • SULB Bahrain Laboratory Quality Policy Download

A Laboratory Management System (LMS) is maintained meeting the requirements of the following International Standard:

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Product Certification – Factory Production Control (FPC) CE Mark

Both the Light and Medium Section Mill in Saudi Arabia and the Medium and Heavy Section Mill in Bahrain hold a Certificate of Conformity of Factory Production Control (FPC) against EN 10025-1 for the CE Marking of products.

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  • SULB Certificate of Conformity of the Factory Production Control (FPC)   Bahrain  | Saudi

SULB Declarations of Performance (DoP) are available to download below:

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Product Certification - Factory Production Control (FPC) UKCA Mark

The Medium and Heavy Section Mill in Bahrain holds a Certificate of Conformity of Factory Production Control (FPC) against EN 10025-1 for the UKCA Marking of products.

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  • SULB Certificate of Conformity of the Factory Production Control (FPC)   Bahrain 

SULB Declarations of Performance (DoP) are available to download below:

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Product Certification - BIS Licence

Both the Light and Medium Section Mill in Saudi Arabia and the Medium and Heavy Section Mill in Bahrain hold a BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) Certification Mark Licence for use of the standard mark on hot-rolled medium and high tensile structural steel as per IS 2062:2011.

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  • SULB Bahrain BIS Licence No. CM/L-4100010345
  • SULB Saudi BIS Licence No. CM/L-4100078985

The following IS grades and qualities according to IS 2062:2011 are available from SULB:

Grades
  • E250
  • E275
  • E300
  • E350
Quality
  • A, BR, B0, C
  • A, BR, B0, C
  • A, BR, B0, C
  • A, BR, B0, C

Product Certification - KS Certificates

SULB’s heavy section rolling mill in Bahrain holds 3 KS (Korean Standards) Certificates Issued by Korea Testing and Research Institute (KTR) for various steel grades of H-Section as follows:

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Product Certification - ACRS Certificate

The Medium and Heavy Section Mill in Bahrain holds a ‘Certificate of Product Performance’ issued by the Australasian Certification Authority for Reinforcing and Structural Steels Ltd. (ACRS) for Universal Beams (UB) and Universal Columns (UC) supplied in Grade 300, 300S0 and 350 with the following scope of certification:

Manufacture of hot-rolled sections to AS/NZS 3679.1:2016, plus the requirements of the “Materials” sections of AS 4100:1998 Steel structures, AS/NZS 5100.6:2017 Bridge design – Steel and Composite Construction, or AS/NZS 5131:2016 Structural steelwork – Fabrication and erection, or the Materials and Brittle Fracture section of NZS 3404:2009 Steel Structures Standard – Materials fabrication and construction.

For further details, please download the certificate from the below link:

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  • SULB Bahrain ACRS Certificate 191005  Bahrain 

Product Certification – JIS Mark Certificates

Both the Light and Medium Section Mill in Saudi Arabia and the Medium and Heavy Section Mill in Bahrain hold JIS Mark Certificates issued by the Korean Standards Agency (KSA) relevant to the section types and sizes manufactured at each mill for the following standards and grades:

JIS G 3101 – Rolled Steels for General Structure Grades: SS400, SS490, SS540
JIS G 3106 – Rolled Steels for Welded Structure Grades: SM400A, SM400B, SM490A, SM490B, SM520B
JIS G 3136 – Rolled Steels for Building Structure Grades: SN400B, SN490B

Product Certification - CNS Certification

Both the Light and Medium Section Mill in Saudi Arabia and the Medium and Heavy Section Mill in Bahrain hold JIS Mark Certificates issued by the Korean Standards Agency (KSA) relevant to the section types and sizes manufactured at each mill for the following standards and grades:

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  • CNS 2947 – Grades: SM400A-A Download
  • CNS 13812 – Grades: SN400B, SN490B Download

Product Certification - SASO SQM Licences

Both the Light and Medium Section Mill in Saudi Arabia and the Medium and Heavy Section Mill in Bahrain hold SQM (SASO Quality Mark) Licences for use of the Quality Mark.

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Environment & Sustainability

Greener and Heathier Products with Transparency Disclosures

SULB is listed on the ‘Sustainable Minds Transparency Catalog’ website to help Architects, Engineers and Contractor’s (AEC’s) find and specify greener and healthier products for their high-performance building projects. To access this website, please click the below link

This link directs you to a third party website hosted by Sustainable Minds

Using the above link, SULB EPD (Environmental Product Declaration) and HPD (Health Product Declaration) can be downloaded.

Alternatively, the EPD and HPD may be downloaded directly from the below respective program operators:

SULB maintains a Type-III EPD (Environmental Product Declaration) with ASTM International as the program operator. The EPD has been verified under the CEN Norm EN 15804:2012+A1:2013 which serves as the core PCR. Independent verification of the declaration is according to ISO 14025:2006 and ISO 21930:2007.

This link directs you to a third party website hosted by ASTM International

SULB maintains a HPD v2.1 (Health Product Declaration) which was developed to provide health information to its customers.