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INTRODUCTION 2

FUNCTION 3

INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 3

ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM 4

AMBIENT AIR QUALITY 4

WASTE WATER QUALITY 4

WASTE MANAGEMENT 4

STACK EMISSIONS 5

GREEN BELT 7

SUSTAINABILITY 7

CARBON FOOTPRINT 7

EMPLOYEE ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS & PRACTISE 9

CONTENTS

Prolog

Emirates Steel strives to minimize the environmental impact of its industrial activities in the different stages of its operations process and is committed to adopting the latest innovations in energy efficiency and sustainable practices.

During the design process for new phases and operations, the Company develops a life cycle economic model that examines environmental and cost implications of process choice and the new technologies to be adopted.

To achieve the Company’s business goals, Emirates Steel acknowledges that a genuine commitment to the environment is of the utmost importance in all present operations and will continue this commitment moving forward into a sustainable and prosperous future.

Emirates Steel Industries PJSC Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesTelephone: +971 2 5511 187, Fax: +971 2 5072 650emiratessteel.com

shaping the future

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FunctionThe Company’s primary functions are categorized within the Integrated Steel Plant and the specialized Emirates Steel products.

Integrated Steel Plant:

• DirectReductionPlants

• SteelMakingPlants

• RebarandWireRodRollingMills

• HeavySectionsMill

Products:

• DirectReducedIron(DRI)

• Feedstock(Billets,BeamBlanks&Blooms)

• Rebar(Straight&Coil)

• WireRod(Coil)

• StructuralHeavySections

Integrated Management System Quality, Environment, Safety & Sustainability

Emirates Steel’s Integrated Management System (IMS) has been established to cover QMS – ISO 9001, EMS – ISO 14001 & OHSAS – ISO 18001, ADEHSMS, UK CARES Sustainable Steel Scheme and other pertinent legal requirements.

TheIMSmanualandassociatedprocessesapplytoallEmiratesSteel

business activities. These activities include the Company’s products

and services affecting the product quality, the safety and health of

employees working for and on behalf of the company, environment,

society, community and the local economy.

Certifications

• SheikhKhalifaExcellenceAward(SKEA2012)

• AmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers(ASME)

• UKCARES-ISO9001:2008

• UKCARESProductCertification–BS4447:1997&BS4449:2005

• CEMarkofProductConformity–UKCARES

• DubaiCentralLaboratoryDepartment

• SaudiArabianStandardsOrganization(SASO)

• EmiratesQualityMark(ESMA)

• UKCARES–SustainableReinforcingSteelCertification

• TUVNORD-ISO14001:2009

• TUVNORD-ISO18001:2007

“Emirates Steel’s underlying business goal is to be an efficient and competitive producer of finished steel products. The company’s present production capacity is approximately 3.5 million tons annually”

The Emirate of Abu Dhabi is diversifying its economy to accelerate the growth of its non-oil based gross domestic product (GDP). Accordingly, the General Holding Corporation (Senaat), a public joint stock company owned by the Government of Abu Dhabi, began in 1998 the development of a sizeable and resilient steel business. Senaat’s chosen platform to implement this plan was an already existing business, the Musaffah-based Emirates Iron & Steel Factory (EISF).

EmiratesSteelacquiredtheassetsandbusinessofEISFandturneditintoacomplexintegrated manufacturing plant, using modern solutions to tackle traditional industrial problems.Theplantnowgeneratessignificantvalueforitsstakeholders.

Introduction

Environmental Management ProgramTo demonstrate its commitment to environmental protection,

Emirates Steel has developed an environmental management

programbasedonISO14001,ADEHSMSandtheEnvironmental

AgencyofAbuDhabi(EAD)approvedrequirements.

Themonitoringandmanagementprogramincludesthefollowing:

• AmbientAirQuality

• StackEmissions

• WastewaterQuality

• WasteManagement

• GreenBelt

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Wastewater QualityBothseaandfreshwaterareusedfornon-contactcooling

in the steel making process. The wastewater generated from

the process undergoes different stages of treatment for reuse

anddischarge.Monthlywastewatersamplingandanalysisare

conducted to ensure that they meet regulatory requirements

before discharge.

Ambient Air QualityArealtimeambientairqualityandmeteorologymonitoring

station has been commissioned at the industrial City of

AbuDhabi(ICAD-1).ThisstationisownedbyEmiratesSteel

andisoperatedandmaintainedbytheHigherCorporationfor

SpecializedEconomicZones(ZonesCorp),theindustrialsector

regulatory authority.

Wastewater Analysis

AAQMS Monitoring Data (2011)

Waste ManagementInanattempttoachieveexcellenceinthefieldofby-product

recycling, constant efforts have been made to match the rates

ofrecyclingandgenerationforoxidefines,ironfines,slag,

refractory,millandscale.Inaddition,effortshavealsobeen

made to improve production processes and reduce waste.

Stack EmissionsEmiratesSteelconductsregularstackmonitoringforSOx,NOx,

COandPMtomeettheEnvironmentAgency-AbuDhabi(EAD)

requirements.State-of-the-arttechnologies,suchaslowNOx

burners,baghouseanddryde-dustingunitshavebeeninstalled

tominimizetheemissions.Regulatorycompliancehasbeen

consistently achieved on the monitored parameters.

Stack Monitoring Results for Gases & PM (2011)

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Green BeltAs part of the Green Belt Project, Emirates Steel has initiated a tree plantation program around the perimeter of its fence. In the Phase 2 area, 150 palm trees have been planted together with more than 2,000 Conocarpus Erectus trees, also known as Damas trees, in addition to grass and ground cover. In total, an area of approximately 15,000 square meters has been planted.

BlowdownDRwater(wastewater),previouslydischargedintothesea,

is now being used to irrigate the new trees and other green areas.

Protectingtheenvironmentwithsustainablelandscapingisakey

priority at Emirates Steel. The Company wants to be sure that it can

minimizeenvironmentalimpactsbydrawingwaterverycarefully

from local sources.

InPhase1,EmiratesSteelhassoughtwaystoembellishthesurroundings

by embarking on a green belt and associated road network project.

Aspartofthisproject,theCompanywillplant3,500treesaroundthe

mainboundaryfenceandsurroundingtheDRstockyard.

Inadditiontoenhancingthegreenareas,theprojecthelpsthe

Company to control the amount of dust emissions from plant activity

andimprovesroadsafety.Itisalsousedasabunkerformorestorage

space and as a controlled area for materials.

SustainabilityThe main objective of Emirates Steel is to meet market demand by producing steel in a safe and sustainable way.

The key sustainable development priorities at Emirates Steel are

outlinedbelow:

• Thehealthandsafetyofemployeesarethetopprioritiesat

EmiratesSteel.Managementprovidesthenecessarytraining

andpersonalprotectiveequipment(PPE)toemployeesfor

the prevention of injuries and work related illnesses.

• TheDRPplantsproducewetCO2asaby-productduringthe

iron reduction process. Emirates Steel is looking at options for

utilizingtheCO2gasgenerated.Oneoptionunderconsideration

isprovidingtheCO2 to oil producing companies for injecting it

intotheoilfieldstoenhanceoilrecovery.

• Topromotetheenvironmentandresourceconservation,

internally generated steel scrap along with direct reduced

ironareusedtoproducesteel.Inaddition,EmiratesSteel

is committed to assuming a leading role in reducing the

consumption of fresh water, natural resources, air pollution

and climate change in all its expansion projects, ensuring a

sustainable performance.

Carbon FootprintEmirates Steel’s annual carbon footprint data is audited through

athirdparty,UKCARES.Thefollowingstatisticsarethecarbon

footprintresultsfortheyears2010and2011,whichshowthe

continual improvement in carbon foot print data reduction at

Emirates Steel.

• 2010–1006kgCO2e / ton rolled steel billets.

• 2011–934kgCO2e / ton rolled steel billets.

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