AQS – Algerian Qatari Steel
The Algerian Qatari Steel Company (AQS) was created in December 2013 and is the result of an investment partnership between the Algerian Republic and the State of Qatar. With a share capital of 58, 610, 000, 000 Algerian Dinars. It is 49% owned by Qatar Steel International (QSI), 46% by the SIDER Industrial Group and 05% by the National Investment Fund (FNI).
AQS operates in the industrial zone of Bellara, in the municipality of El-Milia, (wilaya of Jijel), located 400 km from the capital Algiers, where it operates a steel complex with a total area of 216 hectares.
Thanks to its production volume, operational reliability and technical progress, Algerian Qatari Steel occupies an important place in the map of the national and regional steel industry.