UAE-based steelmaker Emirates Steel has announced its operational results for the full year of 2016. Accordingly, in 2016 Emirates Steel produced 510,000 mt of wire rod, 2.06 million mt of rebar and 547,000 mt of heavy section including sheet piles.
In 2016, the company recorded an increase of nine percent in output at its direct reduction plant compared to 2015, while production at its rolling mill No. 2, rolling mill No. 5, steelmaking plant No. 2 and steelmaking plant No. 3 increased by 6.2 percent, 7.7 percent, 8.2 percent and 10 percent, respectively, all year on year.