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Paul Wurth to Supply Blast Furnaces for New Hyundai Steel Plant
05/29/2007 - Hyundai Steel recently placed an order with Paul Wurth for two new blast furnaces for its new plant in South Korea. The two 14.9-meter hearth diameter blast furnaces will be the Hyundai Group’s first blast furnaces.
Hyundai Steel Co. recently placed an order with Paul Wurth for two new blast furnaces for its new plant in South Korea. The furnaces are to produce 8 million tonnes of hot metal per year at the first stage. The two 14.9-meter hearth diameter blast furnaces — some of the largest in the world — will be the Hyundai Group’s first blast furnaces.
The scope of supply comprises design of the BF plants including burden preparation plants and Bell Less Top® charging systems, blast furnaces with modern stave cooling systems, hot blast stoves with external combustion chamber, axial cyclones and annular gap scrubbers for off-gas cleaning, pulverized coal injection plants and utilities systems. The two identical blast furnaces will each be equipped with four tap holes and two slag granulation plants. Special attention will be applied to environmental aspects with state-of-the-art emission control methods incorporated into the plant design.
Paul Wurth will also provide services for installation and erection of the plants, and will also perform supervision of commissioning.
Commissioning of the Blast Furnace No. 1 is scheduled for January 2010, followed by Blast Furnace No. 2 in January 2011.
Headquartered in Luxembourg since its creation in 1870, Paul Wurth is mainly active in engineering for the iron & steel industry and the non-ferrous metals sector. With a portfolio of about 600 patented inventions, the company is one of the world leaders in the design and supply of complete plants, systems and processes as well as mechanical equipment for the ironmaking sector. At regional level, Paul Wurth specializes in the management and coordination of large civil construction projects.
With a dedicated staff of about 1200 collaborators, Paul Wurth is active worldwide, operating 20 subsidiaries in the main iron and steelmaking regions of the world.
