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Outotec to Supply Iron Ore Sinter Plant for SAIL Rourkela

09/10/2008 - Outotec will design and deliver an iron ore sinter plant for SAIL's Rourkela Steel Plant in West Bengal; work will be performed in consortium with Larsen & Toubro Ltd.

The Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) has awarded Outotec an order for the design and delivery of an iron ore sinter plant for SAIL's Rourkela Steel Plant in West Bengal. Outotec's contract price exceeds EUR 25 million.
 
The new sinter plant is part of SAIL's program for expanding the annual capacity of the Rourkela Steel Plant by 2 million tonnes of crude steel.
 
Outotec's scope covers engineering, supply of proprietary and special equipment as well as technical services for a sinter plant with a reaction area of 360 square meters. Outotec will implement the turnkey plant project in consortium with Larsen & Toubro Ltd., with Larsen & Toubro responsible for engineering and supply of local mechanical, electrical and instrumentation works as well as complete site services including civil, structural and construction works.
 
The new sinter plant is expected to become operational in 2011.
 
Tapani Järvinen, President and CEO of Outotec noted that the company is currently building four other sinter plants in India—two for SAIL's IISCO works in Burnpur, one for Tata Steel in Kalinganagar, and one for JSW Steel in Toranagallu.