VOL.XXXVI

NO.50

13-SEPTEMBER-1993

QATAR

QASCO SignsStudy Contracts For Expansion Project

The Qatar Steel Company (QASCO) hasembarkedonaQR1bn

($275mn) expansion project to increaseits Umm Said plant's outputfromthe present 560,000 t/yto 1.2mn t/y of steel

bars by signing two feasibilitycontracts fortheproject withJapan'sMitsuiand India's Dastur Company.The contracts were signed by Mr.Ahmad Muhammad'Alial-Suba'i, QASCO'sChariman.Japan'sMitsuiwillcarryoutthe

feasibility study for...