Steel producer Sulb has achieved significant production milestones in 2023, with notable increases across its operations, the company said in a statement.

The company’s melt shop reached a production of 1.265 mln tons. while the direct reduction plant hit 1.619 mln tons, and the heavy section mill achieved 653,000 tons.

Additionally, Saudi Sulb marked a new record by producing 411,000 tons of light and medium sections, according to the company’s statement.

Recognized as the first fully integrated producer of medium and heavy beams along with structural steel sections in the Middle East region. Sulb operates as a joint venture between Foulath (51pct) and Japan-based Yamato Kogyo (49pct). The company runs two rolling mills, located in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.

Sulb’s facilities in Bahrain include a direct reduced iron plant, a melt shop, and a heavy & medium section rolling mill.

In Jubail, Saudi Arabia, the company’s light to medium structural mill, formerly known as UGS, became Saudi Sulb after its acquisition in 2011.

This site operates a hot rolling medium and light section continuous mill, receiving steel billets from Sulb’s Bahrain-based facility, situated 150 km away in Bahrain’s Al-Hidd Industrial Area.

The combined structural steel capacity of Sulb’s two facilities stands at 1 mln tons per annum, solidifying its position as a major steel producer in the GCC region.