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NLMK Commences Construction of New Blast Furnace
03/30/2009 - Novolipetsk Steel begins assembly for Blast Furnace No. 7 steel structures. The new production facility, with capacity of 3.4 million tonnes of hot pig iron per year, is the first to be constructed in Russia in 20 years.
NLMK (Novolipetsk Steel) has begun assembly for Blast Furnace No. 7 steel structures at its main site in Lipetsk. The new production facility, with capacity of 3.4 million tonnes of hot pig iron per year, is the first to be constructed in Russia for 20 years.
Blast Furnace No. 7’s design incorporates the most up-to-date technical solutions for high-performance, resource saving and largely automated pig iron production. The company said the facility will incorporate a number of new technologies that will help it to achieve impressive economic and environmental targets, including a pulverized coal injection system, high-efficiency dedusting systems, and closed water and sludge removal circuits. Slag generated during pig iron production will be processed into raw materials for construction.
The company has nearly completed the blast furnace basement, and plans to install furnace shell, refractories, and casthouse steel structures by the end of this year, including hoisting gear, blast-furnace burden supply systems, gas cleaning equipment, main pipelines and power supply systems. The company said it also would partially construct stoves, exhaust air cleaning systems and other equipment this year.
Construction of the new blast furnace will utilize some 75,000 tonnes of steel structures, 25,000 tonnes of refractories, and 40,000 tonnes of process equipment, made by Paul Wurth (Luxemburg) and UZTM (Yekaterinburg). In addition, some equipment will be manufactured by NLMK’s own Repair & Maintenance Service.
The project is being implemented as part of Phase 2 of NLMK’s Technical Upgrade Program. Total investment in the project amounts to RUR 21.6 billion. The facility is expected to be commissioned in late 2012.
