December 04, 2008

Bramhani awards BF and sinter plant contract to China Shougang Intl

BS reported that Bramhani Industries Limited, which has proposed to set up a 4-million tonne integrated steel plant in Kadapa district in Andhra Pradesh, has awarded its first major contract worth INR 450 crore to Beijing based China Shougang International Trade & Engineering Corporation for building a blast furnace and a sinter plant for the project.

Mr G Janardhana Reddy chairman of Bramhani Industries Limited and Mr Jhang Longjin president of China Shougang International Trade & Engineering Corporation signed the contract in Bellary last week.

The contract covers design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection, supervision, testing and commissioning of a 1,780 cubic meter blast furnace and a sinter plant required for its 2 million tonne phase one project.

The blast furnace and the sinter plant will adopt modern technologies such as bell less top, conveyor changing, cast house slag granulation, pulverized coal injection, oxygen enrichment, and blast humidification.
The sinter plant will have the emission optimized control system together with circular cooler and extensive dust extraction system.

A Bramhani Industries Limited told BS that “The other major packages, such as coke oven, raw material handling system, LD converter shop, continuous casting department, power plant and air separation plant are in the process of getting finalized.”

As per report, the proposed project had received pre environmental clearance from the environment and forest ministry last week.