Doha: Qatar Metals Coating Company (Q-Coat) will hold a technical seminar on solutions to concrete reinforcement corrosion in the Arabian Gulf. The event will be held on May 26 at Grand Hyatt-Doha from 9am to 1.3pm.
The seminar will be held under the auspices of Ali bin Hassan Al Muraikhi, Chairman and Managing Director of Q-Coat, a press release issued the by firm said yesterday.
The seminar aims at educating the public about the use of epoxy coated rebar in construction projects as it is the ideal solution to protect the concrete structure against corrosion, due to exposure to high oxidation resulting from excessive heat and humidity, which is one of the serious problems affecting the steel rebar in GCC region. Renowned experts from the USA,
WASHINGTON: General Motors announced yet another recall of cars yesterday, saying its 2004-2008 Aveos and Optras have a headlight overheating problem that could lead to a fire.
GM said the cars involved were manufactured by Daewoo in South Korea, which has since been folded into the US company as GM Korea.
“GM is aware of some fires in these vehicles but no injuries or fatalities,” it said, without providing the numbers of cars affected.
Since the beginning of the year the top US automaker has recalled more than 13 million cars and trucks in North America in 29 separate actions for manufacturing and safety problems.
The Peninsula/AFP
