Brief
The Libyan Iron and steel is considered one of the largest industrial companies in Libya , located on an area of 1,200 hectares near the town of Misrata , just 210 kilometres to the east of the city of Tripoli . The design capacity of the company's 1.324 million tons of liquid steel per annum adopting direct reduction of iron pellets using domestic natural gas . The foundation stone was laid for the company in 18/09/1979 , marking the award of heavy manufacturing base in Libya . On 09/09/1989 the opening of production units and so the company has entered the stage of production. |
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And the company has the following production units : 1 - direct reduction plant ( 3 units ) . 2 –steel melt shops(1.2 ) . 3 - bar and rod mills ( 4 lines ) . 4 - light and medium section mill . 5 – hot strip mill. 6 - cold strip mill . 7 - galvanizing line . 8 - coating line . |
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It also includes many of the ancillary units and facilities , including: 1 - port and pellet stock yard. 2 - power and water desalination plant. 3 - oxygen and compressed air. 4 - lime plant . 5 - Central Workshop . 6 - Training Centre . 7 - quality control laboratories . 8 - The resort and beach club . |
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As part of the company's interest and strive to respond to the customer's requests , and to impose its position in international markets between steel companies the company has adopted a system of international standards for quality (iso 9001/2000) and formed a council for quality assurance of the effectiveness of its application and in order to achieve desired goals , the Libyan Iron and Steel company has acquired the twelfth Europe Award of quality in 1998 , and obtained the international quality certificate (iso 9001/2000 ) on 25/03/2002 . |