New Joint Venture Mill Gives Final Acceptance to Coke Plant
03/23/2017 - Nine months after the ovens were lit, a coke plant serving a new, greenfield mill in Brazil has passed its final acceptance tests, reports SMS group subsidiary Paul Wurth.
According to Paul Wurth, the start-up process for the new plant at Companhia Siderurgica do Pecem was completed in record time. The overs were lit in May 2016, and the company signed acceptance certificates on 10 February, Paul Wurth said.
The coke plant consists of two identical batteries, each with 50 ovens. The ovens are 7.6 m tall, and each battery is designed to produce more than 670,000 metric tons of coke per year.
“The new coking plant integrates a whole range of state-of-the-art Paul Wurth cokemaking technologies, such as Schalke coke oven machines, process control and automation as well as the coke quenching system. A particular focus was given to the environmental aspect, thanks to in-house developed products, such as the SUPRACO level 2 automation system for coke oven plants and SOPRECO single-oven pressure control,” the company said.
It also said the coke plant’s installation marks the debut of its jumbo oven batteries in the American continent.
Located in the Brazilian state of Ceará, the US$5.4 billion greenfield mill is a joint venture among iron ore miner Vale, which holds a 50% stake, and South Korea’s Dongkuk Steel and POSCO. Dongkuk Steel holds a 30% stake in the new business, and POSCO owns 20%.
The mill is designed to produce 3 million metric tons of slabs annually, but a second phase of construction will increase output to six million metric tons.
According to Business News Americas, POSCO will operate the plant, and Dongkuk will import the facility’s steel.
The coke plant consists of two identical batteries, each with 50 ovens. The ovens are 7.6 m tall, and each battery is designed to produce more than 670,000 metric tons of coke per year.
“The new coking plant integrates a whole range of state-of-the-art Paul Wurth cokemaking technologies, such as Schalke coke oven machines, process control and automation as well as the coke quenching system. A particular focus was given to the environmental aspect, thanks to in-house developed products, such as the SUPRACO level 2 automation system for coke oven plants and SOPRECO single-oven pressure control,” the company said.
It also said the coke plant’s installation marks the debut of its jumbo oven batteries in the American continent.
Located in the Brazilian state of Ceará, the US$5.4 billion greenfield mill is a joint venture among iron ore miner Vale, which holds a 50% stake, and South Korea’s Dongkuk Steel and POSCO. Dongkuk Steel holds a 30% stake in the new business, and POSCO owns 20%.
The mill is designed to produce 3 million metric tons of slabs annually, but a second phase of construction will increase output to six million metric tons.
According to Business News Americas, POSCO will operate the plant, and Dongkuk will import the facility’s steel.
