Thursday, February 23, 2012
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6/28/2011 - Tenova
Consteel technology continues its expansion in the Vietnamese steel market
stahl und eisen - Nghi Son Iron and Steel Corporation (NIS) has assigned to Tenova the order for the supply of one electric arc furnace (EAF) equipped with the Consteel system capable to produce 1 000 000 t/year. Tenova has been selected by NIS after extensive investigation among the different melting technologies proposed by the most qualified suppliers worldwide. The excellent production results achieved by steel plants equipped with Consteel along with the easy and consistent operations of the electric furnaces continuously fed by Consteel have been the main drivers for the NSI decision.
During the technical/economical evaluation stage other important advantages of the Consteel technology arose in the areas of energy savings, increased yield from scrap to liquid steel, and flexibility in accepting all kinds of scrap & other materials as mix of charge. The very low environmental impact gave a final push to the decision in favour of the Consteel technology.
The limited availability of electric power, jointed to the week power networks of the Country make the Consteel the most suitable technology for the steel melting. This new Consteel EAF represents a leading trend of technology in Vietnam where 5 of the latest steel projects have selected the Consteel technology. For Tenova this will be the 40th Consteel system supplied worldwide. The EAF and Consteel of the NIS project will have a nominal ton tapping size of 120 t and a hourly productivity of 150 t/hour of liquid steel. The meltshop will be installed in Thanh Hoa Province approximately 200 km South of Hanoi. The steel plant is planed to start production operations in the second quarter of 2013.
Source: Tenova, Milan