UAE - Mubasher: The UAE-based Embosal Steel Mills has planned to establish a steel pipe plant in Ras Al Khaimah with a total investment of AED 250 million.

The project will focus on manufacturing structural steel pipes and tubes, water transmission pipes, and piling pipes, according to a press release on Monday.

With a combined annual capacity of 1.5 million metric tonnes of steel tubes and pipes, the plant will manufacture products that will be distributed to local projects within the UAE and overseas.

Meanwhile, Embosal Steel Mills will be relocated to its new 140,000 square metres land plot at Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ).

The Managing Director of Embosal Steel Mills, John Thomas, said: "Our sister companies operating in different emirates will also join us in the same location, improving our collaboration and efficiency, as well as for a more seamless distribution of our products to the rest of the region."

Meanwhile, the Group CEO of RAKEZ, Ramy Jallad, commented: "Over the years, we have been enhancing our industrial ecosystem through the continuous improvement of our offerings and overall infrastructure to fully support the operations of our industrial players – from their production and storing process to the easy flow of their goods to the region."