Qatar Primary Materials Company

Qatar Primary Materials Company (QPMC) (Arabic: الأولية للمواد قطر شركة), is a Qatari company that specializes in establishing and developing sources of raw materials, focuses on the efficiencies of material handling operations, and provides a strategic reserve of primary materials. The firm has seen some controversy, especially with respect to its leadership, environmental impact, and work-related accidents.

QPMC was founded in 2006 by instruction of the Government of Qatar through an Emri decree to provide efficient port service at the gabbro berths, as well as developing them to increase their capacity and ability to manage larger quantities of raw materials imported to facilitate trade.

Additionally, the Qatari government wanted to ensure domestic market supply of building materials, provide consistent reserves of primary materials, stabilize their prices (using the First in First Out (FIFO) method), secure the country’s strategic , and ease the government’s involvement in facilitating revitalization and building processes to encourage and support affordable conditions for the private sector to flourish and be competitive in the region.

QPMC has aimed to create a competitive environment, limit monopolies and boost industry transparency by making sure the local market receives a consistent supply of building materials and improve the efficiency of port facilities that are used in the import of bulk construction materials. The company maintains reserves in dune sand, gabbro, washed sand, and limestone, and has supplied about 40,000 cubic meters of dune sand to the market. Furthermore, the company is involved in operations through its capacity to develop and operate jetties for Government projects, construct cement, develop sea logistics supply chain, and offering solutions for the transport, storage, and delivery of primary materials in Qatar.

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