SMS group has received an order from SNNC, a joint venture between SMSP and POSCO, in South Korea to supply a Peirce-Smith Converter, in which the ferronickel from the Gwangyang plant will be converted to nickel matte (a nickel-sulfite phase) to lower the iron content. In addition to the PSC, SMS will supply the liquid sulfur injection system, the design and engineering of the off-gas hoods, as well as the metallurgical process. The plant will go on stream in 2023, and SNNC plans to produce 21,000 tonnes of nickel per year by this project.The nickel matte is then hydrometallurgical processed into nickel and nickel sulphate in POSCO's neighboring battery plant. The Peirce-Smith converter to be supplied by SMS is one of the key units in this overall process chain and converts the ferronickel efficiently into high-quality nickel matte using special underbath nozzles and a liquid sulfur injection system.In 2011, SMS delivered the world's largest submerged arc furnace for the production of ferronickel to SNNC in Gwangyang, South Korea, a global player in steel market.
SMS group has received an order from SNNC, a joint venture between SMSP and POSCO, in South Korea to supply a Peirce-Smith Converter, in which the ferronickel from the Gwangyang plant will be converted to nickel matte (a nickel-sulfite phase) to lower the iron content. In addition to the PSC, SMS will supply the liquid sulfur injection system, the design and engineering of the off-gas hoods, as well as the metallurgical process. The plant will go on stream in 2023, and SNNC plans to produce 21,000 tonnes of nickel per year by this project.The nickel matte is then hydrometallurgical processed into nickel and nickel sulphate in POSCO's neighboring battery plant. The Peirce-Smith converter to be supplied by SMS is one of the key units in this overall process chain and converts the ferronickel efficiently into high-quality nickel matte using special underbath nozzles and a liquid sulfur injection system.In 2011, SMS delivered the world's largest submerged arc furnace for the production of ferronickel to SNNC in Gwangyang, South Korea, a global player in steel market.
