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Outotec Receives Excellence Award from Samarco

12/05/2008 - Brazilian iron ore producer Samarco Mineração presents Outotec with its Prêmio Samarco de Excelência 2008 award in recognition of its performance during implementation of the company's third pelletizing plant project.

Brazilian iron ore producer Samarco Mineração has awarded Outotec the "Prêmio Samarco de Excelência 2008".
 

Outotec designed Samarco Mineração's new pelletizing furnace for annual capacity of 7.25 million tonnes of iron ore, making it the world's largest iron ore pelletizing plant. The pelletizing furnace was commissioned in April.
 
Outotec's lump-sum turnkey delivery began in 2005 and included test work, design, engineering, equipment supplies, construction, and commissioning.
 
Outotec also provided technical assistance with the core plant, which involved a traveling grate indurating furnace, process fans, gas cleaning equipment and auxiliary installations. 
Samarco gave Outotec the award in recognition of its performance during implementation of Samarco's third pelletizing plant project. The company specifically recognized Outotec's high standards for services and supplies, ability to meet deadlines, social responsibility and safety at work.

 
To identify its best suppliers, Samarco utilized a quality index for contracted services and supplies. The company also made quarterly evaluations of its suppliers regarding their adherence to international environmental standards as well as health and safety standards.
 
"The project team put in a record performance with regard to health and safety measures as well as environmental compliancy, executing almost four million man hours without lost time due to injuries, zero lost work days and zero environmental incidents," said Thomas Schwalm, Project Manager from Outotec.
 
"In addition to the successful implementation of some novel technical processes, which have allowed the plant to become a model of energy-efficient pelletizing, the project goals were accomplished within a very tight delivery time of thirty months," added Schwalm.