The used technology can save more than 70% of the energy needed for the steelmaking process and reduces pollutants to the environment substantially.

Metso will deliver a metal shredder plant to the Russian Vyksa Steel Works part of United Metallurgical Company. The order is the largest ever for Metso metal shredding technology from Russia. The delivery of the Metso plant to Vyksa Steel Works will be completed in the second quarter of 2012. The value of the order has not been disclosed.

The metal shredder plant will process clean and dense shredded ferrous scrap from all kinds of miscellaneous scrap and car bodies. The shredder plant also includes a ferrous and non-ferrous processing line with an annual capacity of up to 1 million tonnes.

Mr Oleg Fedotov head of project from United Metallurgical Company said “When choosing the supplier of course the world leading position of Metso was taken into consideration. In its 90 years’ history of recycling machinery Metso has implemented dozens of similar projects in the world.”

The shredder plant is a 7,500 kilowatt Metso Shredder Plant, ZZ 300 x 300. Metso technology enables Vyksa Steel Works to produce high quality and pure raw material for manufacturing its steel products.

Producing steel from clean shredded scrap instead of iron ore can save more than 70% of the energy needed for the steelmaking process. Also using clean shredded scrap in steelmaking reduces pollutants to the environment by 86%. Scrap metal shredding, separation and purification for reuse is an important way of saving natural resources.