Emirates Steel secures reinforcing steel certification

Emirates Steel has gained UK CARES Sustainable Reinforcing Steel certification for the production of continuously cast steel billets and carbon steel bars for the reinforcement of concrete. Emirates Steel is the first steel maker in the GCC region to attain such independent accreditation.

The CARES scheme ensures that Emirates Steel adopts the highest product quality standards, as well as an advanced environmental management system. It necessitates product traceability from hot metal to delivery of steel products to construction sites, as well as regulatory compliance, energy efficiency, lower carbon emissions, recyclability and efficient use of raw materials.

"We are using the processes and procedures registered with the Authority," pointed out Mubarak Al Khaili, VP of Commercial Strategy. Requirements for sustainable products are increasingly being adopted by construction industry customers. "To achieve CARES sustainability certification, our products, as well as our quality and environmental management systems, had to be assessed and approved," he asserted.