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UAE: Emirates Steel has signed a deal with Finland’s Ecofer for slag management services for 10 years from 2020. Ecofer will process slag from Emirates Steel's Abu Dhabi plant and sell it to the construction industry, according to the Khaleej Times newspaper. The steel producer has been recycling its Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) slag product since 2014, producing roughly 2.8Mt of EAF slag in this period.

"As one of the largest integrated manufacturers of finished steel products in the region, we produce 0.8Mt/yr of slag and we are committed to finding ways to mitigate our impact on the environment,” said Saeed Ghumran Al Remeithi, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Emirates Steel.

Ecofer arranged an agreement with Egypt’s Ezz Steel earlier in 2019. The latest deal with Emirates Steel continues its intent to build strategic partnerships in the Middle East.

Egypt: Harsco Corporation’s Metals & Minerals division has signed a new, multiyear contract with Ezz Steel, a steel producer in the Middle East and North Africa. The US$35m contract calls for the provision of mill services at Ezz Steel’s Sadat City plant. Under the terms of the agreement, Harsco will provide slag and scrap management services at Sadat City, with future plans to design and deliver metal recovery and briquetting plants. Service at the Sadat City plant began on 1 July 2016.

This new contract builds on Harsco’s existing service agreements with Ezz Steel Group plants in Sokhna and Alexandria, Egypt. In operation since the 1980s, Ezz Steel has a combined production capacity of nearly 6Mt/yr of finished steel.

“This new contract is an excellent opportunity for Harsco to build an even stronger presence in this strategically important region,” said Harsco President and CEO Nick Grasberger. Harsco’s expanded agreement with Ezz Steel further broadens Metals & Minerals’ business landscape in the African and Middle Eastern steel markets.