December 03, 2008

Tenova to install 5 Consteel plants in Asia

Tenova, the worldwide supplier of advanced technologies for the metals and mining industries has announced that it is installing 5 new Consteel® plants in Asia.

Tokyo Steel is planning to equip its new steel plant under construction at Kurashiki in Japan with a Consteel® system delivering a production capacity of 360 tonnes of steel per hour, the highest installed capacity in the world. Consteel® will feed scrap into an electric furnace having a nominal tapping capacity of 300 tonnes and a total capacity of 420 tonnes which will be installed in the new steel plant. The system will begin operations by mid 2009.

Tenova has also received another major order to supply 2 Consteel® systems for the 2 new electric furnaces at the Asan Bay steelworks of Korea’s Dong Bu Company. The total capacity of the two Consteel® melting units foreseen for the Dong Bu steel production unit will be more than 400 tonnes per hour. The new steel plant is expected to begin operations during the year 2009.

Another Consteel® will be installed in China at the work shops of Anshan Heavy Machine Manufacturing Co, a sister company within the large Anben Group based in the city of Anshan. The Consteel® will be unique, since it will be integrated to an EAF with tapping sizes ranging from 60 tonnes to 120 tonnes in order to feed a foundry plant producing medium to large sized ingots. The start up is foreseen within the end of the year 2008.

The latest Consteel® order has been awarded by a Vietnamese private investor planning to produce approximately 400,000 tonnes per year of billet. The new steel plant will be located in the industrial zone of Haiphong, North Vietnam and the start up is foreseen within the end of 2008.

Tenova designs and supplies advanced technologies, products and services for the metals and mining industries. Tenova operates close to its customers through a network of 20 companies based in 14 different countries.