SON shuts seven firms over substandard steel The Chief Executive Officer of Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Osita Aboloma, on Monday said the agency has shut seven steel companies “in the last few months.” Aboloma said the use of substandard steel and other building materials had led to loss of many lives and property. He stated these at a seminar organised by the Building Collapse Prevention Guild (BCPG), Ikorodu Unit, for steel manufacturers and other stakeholders in building Aboloma, who was represented by SON’s Sectional Head, Mechanical Department, Abdulrasak Oyewopo said the agency shut seven out of the 41 rolling mills registered with it for various reasons. He said: “In our efforts to ensure quality of products, all steel bars produced locally have identification marks that will enable SON to trace them to the manufacturer. “The incidence of building collapse has been a serious concern. Governments and other stakeholders are making efforts to curb the menace.” BCPG National President, Mr. Kunle Awobodu, blamed high quantity of metal scraps for rampant building collapse. He spoke on the theme: “The Importance of Quality Flat Sheets and Steel Reinforcement Materials in Construction Industry.” Awobodu noted that the quantity of iron ore ought to be more than that of metal scraps in construction steel to achieve quality. He said: “But the rising cost of production has turned metal scraps as the major component in steel production instead of ore (billets). “It has to be 70 per cent ore and 30 per cent metal scraps, which is permitted in any steel production. “These days, there are many inferior steel producers, who use 100 per cent metal scraps, even when they know that certain scraps are not ideal for steel production. “Building collapse is worrisome; we have submitted some major reasons we know to the Lagos Statement Government for urgent action.” Awobodu also said there was the need to ensure that rolling mills had Fatigued Testing Machine to ensure quality steel. According to him, many laboratories in Nigeria only conduct one-sided test – mechanical test – leaving chemical test undone; hence, poor quality steel in circulation. “The reality is that the quality of steel is better controlled from the source, that is the rolling mill, rather than relying on laboratory test of few samples,” he said. The post SON shuts seven firms over substandard steel appeared first on The Nation Nigeria.

The Chief Executive Officer of Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Osita Aboloma, on Monday said the agency has shut seven steel companies “in the last few months.”

Aboloma said the use of substandard steel and other building materials had led to loss of many lives and property.

He stated these at a seminar organised by the Building Collapse Prevention Guild (BCPG), Ikorodu Unit, for steel manufacturers and other stakeholders in building

Aboloma, who was represented by SON’s Sectional Head, Mechanical Department, Abdulrasak Oyewopo said the agency shut seven out of the 41 rolling mills registered with it for various reasons.

He said: “In our efforts to ensure quality of products, all steel bars produced locally have identification marks that will enable SON to trace them to the manufacturer.

“The incidence of building collapse has been a serious concern. Governments and other stakeholders are making efforts to curb the menace.”

BCPG National President, Mr. Kunle Awobodu, blamed high quantity of metal scraps for rampant building collapse.

He spoke on the theme: “The Importance of Quality Flat Sheets and Steel Reinforcement Materials in Construction Industry.”

Awobodu noted that the quantity of iron ore ought to be more than that of metal scraps in construction steel to achieve quality.

He said: “But the rising cost of production has turned metal scraps as the major component in steel production instead of ore (billets).

“It has to be 70 per cent ore and 30 per cent metal scraps, which is permitted in any steel production.

“These days, there are many inferior steel producers, who use 100 per cent metal scraps, even when they know that certain scraps are not ideal for steel production.

“Building collapse is worrisome; we have submitted some major reasons we know to the Lagos Statement Government for urgent action.”

Awobodu also said there was the need to ensure that rolling mills had Fatigued Testing Machine to ensure quality steel.

According to him, many laboratories in Nigeria only conduct one-sided test – mechanical test – leaving chemical test undone; hence, poor quality steel in circulation.

“The reality is that the quality of steel is better controlled from the source, that is the rolling mill, rather than relying on laboratory test of few samples,” he said.

 

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