Worldwide industrial services company Harsco Corporation announced that its Harsco Metals group is expanding into the United Arab Emirates under a new 10 year contract valued in excess of USD 35 million over its term. The contract with Abu Dhabi based Emirates Steel LLC installs Harsco as the principal onsite service partner to a new electric arc furnace steel plant entering production with capacity for up to 400,000 tonnes of steel billets and 250,000 tonnes of gas based DRI production per year. The release said that “Harsco was invited to take on responsibilities for a broad range of high value onsite material handling and environmental services, having worked successfully with the mill's management team at other steelmaking operations.” The mill is a subsidiary of Al Nasser Industrial Enterprises ANIE, one of the leading manufacturing companies in the United Arab Emirates. Harsco expects to begin work within the next 1-2 months.
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