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- January 2012: Emirates Steel Commissions its first-in-the-region Heavy Section Mill
- December 2011: Emirates Steel takes over the assets of Phase 2A.
- September 2011: Emirates Steel announces Phase 3 expansion plans.
- June 2011: The Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) of the Phase 1 Steel Making Plant (SMP) exceeds its design capacity setting a new daily world record.
- April 2011: Phase 2A of the Company`s expansion program commissioned.
- February 2011: Emirates Steel secures first sustainable reinforcing steel certification in the GCC
- November 2010: Emirates Steel obtains Emirates Quality Mark
- August 2010: General Holding Corporation and Emirates Steel secure US$2.2 billion financing to cover Emirates Steel’s expansion projects
- May 2010: Emirates Steel achieves one million man hours without lost time injury
- April 2010: Emirates Steel awarded certification to manufacture Grade B500B rebar and coil conforming to BS 4449:2005 by UK Certification Authority for Reinforcing Steels (CARES)
- February 2010: Higher Corporation for Specialized Economic Zones (ZonesCorp) certifies Emirates Steel`s Environment, Health and Safety Management System (EHSMS) as compliant with the Abu Dhabi Industrial Sector Regulatory Codes of Practice
- January 2010: Emirates Steel awarded certification to manufacture Grade 460B rebar and coil conforming to BS 4449:1997 by UK Certification Authority for Reinforcing Steels (CARES)
- September 2009: Emirates Steel launches its Phase 2B Expansion comprising a 1 MTPA Heavy Sections Rolling Mill (RM4)
- September 2009: Gregor Münstermann appointed as the Company`s Chief Executive Officer
- August 2009: Emirates Steel`s carbon steel bars for reinforcement of concrete accredited by the Dubai Central Laboratory Department (DCLD) of the Dubai Municipality as conforming to BS 4449:1997 with Amd1
- June 2009: His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, inaugurates Phase 1 of Emirates Steel’s AED 9 billion expansion plan
- June 2009: Emirates Steel puts its Environmental Monitoring Plan into action to fulfill the requirements of the Environmental Agency in Abu Dhabi (EAD)
- February 2009: The Phase 1 SMP commences operations with the first ever non-scrap based steel being manufactured in the UAE
- February 2009: The international certification body TUV Nord certifies Emirates Steel’s Integrated Management System (IMS) as compliant with ISO 14001:2009 and OHSAS 18001:2007
- January 2009: Emirates Steel successfully implemented SAP ECC (Enterprise Resource Planning Central Component) to harmonize processes across its multiple plants and adopt SAP best practices
- June 2008: Engineering and civil works of the Phase 2 Expansion program commence for a scheduled completion in 2012 at a cost of AED 5.8 billion (US$ 1.5 billion)
- February 2008: Emirates Steel launches the Phase 2A Expansion program comprising 1.6 MTPA DRP, 1.4 MTPA SMP, and associated infrastructure and facilities
- December 2007: RM2 commenced production
- October 2007: RM3 commenced production
- September 2006: Emirates Steel established as a 100% (indirectly) owned subsidiary of GHC to acquire the assets and assume responsibility for the operations of EISF, and to become the platform for the Abu Dhabi Government’s objective of establishing a leading local and regional integrated steel producer
- February 2006: General Holding Corporation (GHC), the parent company of Emirates Steel, resolves to develop a significant and durable upstream steel business to complement downstream private sector investment in the sector
- January 2006: GHC launches the Phase 1 Expansion program involving the purchase and construction of 1.6 MTPA Direct Reduction Plant (DRP), 1.4 MTPA Steel Melt Plant (SMP), 0.62 MTPA Rebar Rolling Mill (RM2), 0.48 MTPA Wire Rod and Coil Rolling Mill (RM3), together with associated infrastructure and facilities
- October 2001: The initial plant (RM1) was commissioned with a design capacity of 500,000 metric tons per annum (MTPA)
- 1998: Emirates Iron and Steel Factory (EISF) established as an unincorporated business directly controlled by GHC to satisfy the growing demand for quality steel products for the construction sector in the UAE