Ashghal president Nasser bin Ali al-Mawlawi (right) and QPMC chairman Abdulaziz bin Abdullah al-Ansari shake hands after signing the agreement.

The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) and Qatar Primary Materials Company (QPMC) have signed a framework agreement aimed at supplying Ashghal with 51mn tonnes of gabbro for the next five years.
Ashghal president Nasser bin Ali al-Mawlawi and QPMC chairman Abdulaziz bin Abdullah al-Ansari signed the agreement, which aims to provide Ashghal with 51mn tonnes of gabbro and 41mn tonnes of limestone for five years as part of ongoing efforts to ensure the availability of construction materials for Ashghal’s planned infrastructure development projects.
QPMC, for its part, guaranteed that the prices of the raw materials are fixed in the local market, and enough quantities are available for the first few years.
“The agreement confirms that QPMC has become the trusted arm in Qatar and the region. It can be relied on to provide primary materials of gabbro and limestone, as well as fine and washed sand within the required quantities for the implementation of major projects in Qatar,” al-Ansari said.
He added, “We consider Ashghal as QPMC’s strategic partner, and this co-operation will surely enhance projects in the pipeline.”
QPMC CEO Eisa al-Hammadi said, “Since its establishment in 2006, QPMC is seeking to ensure the supply of primary materials in the Qatari market, to keep up with the thriving construction industry in the country, especially with Qatar being the next host of the 2022 World Cup and beyond.”
He explained that the agreement would promote QPMC’s position as a “trusted supplier” of primary material in Qatar as it owns and operates strategic reserves of primary materials. It also offers integrated solutions in several areas, including port management, logistics and supply, storage, and distribution to meet the country’s needs in the fields of infrastructure and construction.
“The company’s vision rests on the back of reliability and transparency of its dealings with suppliers and contractors,” al-Hammadi said.
Earlier, QPMC signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Rent-A-Port, a Belgian engineering consultant and port and logistical operator, to set up mining operations in the Khatmat Malaha area in the Sultanate of Oman.
The MoU also initiated works on limestone and gabbro quarries in addition to a 1km-long jetty to quarry and transport more than 3mn tonnes of gabbro and marketable primary materials to Qatar every year.
This comes as part of QPMC’s pledge to create a strategic stockpile of aggregates for Qatar such as a jetty in Lusail area, gabbro berth terminal in Mesaieed Port, which will have an unloading capacity of 34mn tonnes per year by 2016, and the floating jetty and stockpile in Ras Laffan that will import 7.5mn tonnes of gabbro per annum.
QPMC also produces washed sand and is constructing a cement silo at the gabbro berths to store and discharge more than 2mn tonnes of imported cement annually, in addition to developing gabbro quarries in the UAE and Oman.