QPMC increases its Gabbro Berth Terminal Capacity across Qatar's Gabbro Ports to reach 58 million tons whilst completing its largest flagship projects with a full swing operation that will start during the first-quarter of 2016

August 31, 2015 QPMC Head Quarters, Doha, Qatar:  In a significant achievement of demonstrating its commitment to support Qatar's ambitious vision and the national development strategy in its huge infrastructure and primary materials development requirements, Qatar Primary Materials Company (QPMC) has commenced selling quality primary materials for the public and private sector.

The Company has announced the commencement of the sale of the gabbro material located at the company's stockpiles and storage areas in Mesaieed and Lusail, to contractors from the public and private from August 20, 2015. 

QPMC has also increased its Gabbro Berth Terminal Capacity across the country Gabbro ports to reach 58 million tons per year whilst completing its largest flagship project and its full swing operation will start from the first-quarter of 2016.

According to a statement, Qatar Primary Materials Company has emphasized that QPMC will supply gabbro and limestone, for both the private and government sectors to ensure the stability of prices of primary infrastructure materials in the local market and provide all the required quantities for all as part of its mission to help the country's infrastructure development. Interested parties can visit QPMC's Head Office or visit the company's website www.qpmc.qa/ for terms and conditions of sale.

The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) and QPMC had recently signed a framework of agreement and according to the agreement, QPMC will supply Ashghal with 91mn tonnes of gabbro and limestone for next five years.

To support the growing demand of aggregate for Qatar's infrastructure development, QPMC is increasing the capacity of the bulk materials with Gabbro Berth Terminal in Mesaieed Port, which will have an unloading capacity of 34 million tons a year by 2016 through the conveyor stacker system.

QPMC has also revealed lately the launch and full operation of a second jetty at Lusail. QPMC's second and newly added jetty is located in the Lusail city, where many construction projects are taking place. QPMC's jetty will supply 3mn tonnes of construction material per year to support all construction work in the new city.

Lusail jetty meets the needs of the large-scale projects in the City. Its former capacity was about 500 tons per hour, and with the new expansion, the handling and unloading capacity of the port has gone up to about 1,000 tons per hour, and it is aimed at reaching a discharge capacity of 3 million tons per year.

The company also disclosed the allocation of 250,000 thousand square meters of temporary unloading and storage area near the Lusail jetty to receive and store the next gabbro loads to Qatar from September 1 of the current year 2015.

QPMC has set up two floating jetties in Ras Laffan to supply the needed primary materials. The jetties consists of two floating docks each that accommodate 4 barges with an extra dock that can accommodate an extra marpol jetty (totaling up to 5 barges) with a handling capacity of 12,000 tons each, with total port receiving capacity of 9 tons a year, pointing out that the port operates around the clock and boasts a gabbro storage area of 1,800,000 meters.

QPMC's conveyor belt facility in Mesaieed is one of the largest in the Middle East, the first of its kind in the region and one of the mega projects in the world in this area. Conveyor belts, expected to be completed this year and are being set up for up to 5 kilometers starting from the port leading to the storage area using the latest equipment. They will be operating around the clock to deliver gabbro all over Qatar.

Conveyor belts will also be set up  in the Mesaieed area, in the first quarter of 2016. The unloading and storage facility for the project in Mesaieed has an area of 1,000,000 square meters.

While QPMC has a cutting edge Cement Silo plant, once operational, during the first quarter of 2016, the plant equipped with cutting edge technology, will be able to load 1,000 tonnes of cement per hour and is designed to discharge 1.8 million tonnes of cement per year into the 12 silos (circular structure for storing bulk materials) with the total storage capacity of 60,000 cubic metres.

QPMC was set up in 2006 on the instruction of the Qatari Government with the mandate to boost the efficiency of port facilities used to import construction materials, primarily aggregates including limestone, gabbro, sand and other free-flowing bulk construction materials. QPMC is driven by three key values, quality, reliability and efficiency.

For more information please contact:
Loucia Isaac Seropian
Communications Advisor - QPMC
Mobile: (00) 974 5 5005785

© Press Release 2015