ArcelorMittal Awards Contract for Coke Oven Rebuild
07/22/2016 - Engineering firm Paul Wurth has been tapped to rebuild the coking plant at ArcelorMittal’s integrated Gijon works in Spain, the company has announced.
Under the contract, the company will design and build key pieces of equipment and oversee installation and commissioning. The project entails work on two coke oven batteries, each made up of 45 ovens, and an emissions collection and scrubbing system.
The coking plant is capable of producing 1.1 million metric tons of coke, but has been shut down since 2013. One returned to service, it will feed the mill’s two blast furnaces, the company said.
Paul Wurth will supply the refractories and the heating-up services. It also will build a Claus plant for sulfur removal and installation of a strong water plant.
“By integrating (best-available technologies), the customer will ensure compliance with the strictest environmental requirements,” the company said.
The coke plant’s restart is scheduled for 2019.
ArcelorMittal announced the EUR100 million project last year.
“The investment approved will ensure coke production in ArcelorMittal Asturias for the next 40 years, and will contribute to securing the future of the steel industry in our region,” José Manuel Arias, ArcelorMittal’s chief executive for its Asturias cluster of operations, said in a statement.
The coking plant is capable of producing 1.1 million metric tons of coke, but has been shut down since 2013. One returned to service, it will feed the mill’s two blast furnaces, the company said.
Paul Wurth will supply the refractories and the heating-up services. It also will build a Claus plant for sulfur removal and installation of a strong water plant.
“By integrating (best-available technologies), the customer will ensure compliance with the strictest environmental requirements,” the company said.
The coke plant’s restart is scheduled for 2019.
ArcelorMittal announced the EUR100 million project last year.
“The investment approved will ensure coke production in ArcelorMittal Asturias for the next 40 years, and will contribute to securing the future of the steel industry in our region,” José Manuel Arias, ArcelorMittal’s chief executive for its Asturias cluster of operations, said in a statement.
