Industrial machinery company Metso has signed a contract with Beijing Shougang International Engineering Technology Co. Ltd (BSIET) for the delivery of a traveling grate pelletizing plant for Ruifeng Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd in Tangshan, Hebei province, China.
Metso’s scope of delivery includes the engineering and design of the indurating machine and process gas fan systems and the supply of proprietary equipment, instrumentation, control systems, as well as supervisory services and technical training. The plant will feature Metso’s compact-sized pellet plant and a traveling grate pellet indurating furnace. The three-metre-wide plant will have a capacity of 1.7Mt/yr, with pellet production at the Ruifeng plant estimated to start in 2025.
Ruifeng will shut down several shaft furnaces and replace them with a traveling grate pellet production line in order to reduce carbon emissions and meet environmental regulations.
''These plants enable mining companies to expand their value chain and support decentralized steel-making concepts like mini mills, and they are flexible and cost-efficient.''
Matthias Gabriel, director, ferrous, Metso
“We are delighted to support Ruifeng in achieving their decarbonization targets with our advanced technology. The increasing interest in our compact-sized pellet plants in China is very encouraging. These plants enable mining companies to expand their value chain and support decentralized steel-making concepts like mini mills, and they are flexible and cost-efficient. Thanks to high standardization in design and project execution, we can offer optimized delivery times,” said Matthias Gabriel, director, ferrous, at Metso.
Metso has partnered with BSIET in the field of traveling grate pelletizing plants since 2008 and has already built 11 pellet plants in the Chinese market. This is the 12th pelletizing plant that Metso and BSIET will build together.