ArcelorMittal Steel Lazaro Cardenas, in the state of Michoacan in Mexico has contracted with Tenova HYL for an upgrade of the second module of their 2 million tonne per year HYL Process plant.

This upgrade will make the plant more environmentally friendly by reducing emissions, as well as reducing natural gas consumption by nearly 20%. The existing HYL plant, a 4 reactor installation in two modules had already upgraded the first module to include a CO2 removal system. The revamp was concluded last year and production results were significantly improved.

Production results at the AMLC HYL plant for 2007 were excellent, with the first CO2 removal system operating in module 1. After evaluating the results of module 1 vs module 2, AMLC decided to implement the same improvements to module 2 of the plant. Engineering work is currently underway and the plant is scheduled to start up with the new CO2 removal system by Q2 of 2009

Tenova HYL is the pioneer of Direct Reduction Technology. Tenova designs and supplies advanced technologies, products and services for the metal and mining industries. Tenova operates close to its customers through a network of 30 companies based in 16 different countries.