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IRON & STEEL REVIEW
April 2010
SAIL’s stake sale & Indian steel industry outlook for 2012
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VIEWPOINT
SAIL’s stake sale & Indian steel industry outlook for 2012
At a time when steel consumption in India is expected to grow
significantly in the coming years, the Indian government approved a
20 per cent disinvestment in Steel Authority of India Ltd. The decision
was long overdue and was held to be announced when it was the
correct time for it. What could have been a more accurate time for
the announcement than the post economic recession era, when the
Indian economy is just showing signs of an overall recovery, mainly
in the steel sector?
COMPANY PROFILE
Universal Gear Industries offers “SLIT ROLLING TECHNOLOGY” for production of TMT bars upto 4,00,000 tonnes per annum under
technical collaboration with Sead Steel Technologies, Turkey
Kolkata based Universal Gear Industries & Engineering
Works (UGI) undertakes the supply of rolling mill on
turnkey basis from conception to commissioning to suit
the specific need of the customer. Supply of bar mill to
produce 8 mm to 40 mm with capacities up to 400,000
tons per annum. UGI manufactures bar mills, wire rod
mills and section mills for angle, channel, beam and flats
and narrow strip mill up to 500 mm width.
SPECIAL FEATURE
Global steel demand
expected to grow in 2010
Industry association the World Steel Association (WSA)
forecasts that apparent steel use will contract globally by
–8,6%, to 1,104-million tons, in 2009, after declining by
–1,4% in 2008, while global steel demand in 2010 is forecast
to grow by 9,2%, to 1,206-million tons. The improvement
is largely owing to the exceptionally strong growth in steel
demand in China. WSA economics committee chairperson
Daniel Novegil says that the global recovery is stronger
than the decrease of –14,1% predicted in April.
STEEL TECHNOLOGY
Slab caster concepts for the
production of pipe and plate grades
For us, the market requirements are a daily yardstick.
The challenge we face is to design plants that can satisfy
the needs of the market long after the commissioning of
the caster or at least can be adapted to future requirements.
The market nowadays demands more and more for
high sophisticated steel grades for the automotive and
construction industries, for bridge building (e.g. the viaduct
de Millau, built with nearly 43,000 t of steel produced by
AG der Dillinger Hüttenwerke), power plants and for tube
and pipe production. Pipe grades namely up to API X-100
are of special interest and under development. Only a very
few steelmaking companies are able to produce these steel
grades fulfilling the strong requirements. SMS Siemag’s
continuous casting machines come with
X-Cast technologies that ensure these requirements like
excellent surfaces and a high internal slab quality with a
homogenous microstructure. At the same time, these casting
machines combine high productivity through short set-up
times and permanent availability.
TOPICS & TRENDS
SAIL to form shipping JV company with SCI
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) today signed an
agreement for formation of a 50:50 joint venture company
with Shipping Corporation of India Limited (SCI). SAIL is
India’s largest steel maker and SCI is the country’s largest
shipping company. The agreement was signed by SAIL
Director (Finance) Mr. Soiles Bhattacharya and SCI Director
(Technical & Off-shore Services) Mr. U.C. Grover in the
presence of SAIL Chairman Mr. S.K. Roongta and SCI
Chairman Mr. S. Hajara.
Mcnally Bharat wins Rs173.20 cr order from Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd.
McNally Bharat Engineering Company Ltd., one of the
leading provider of turnkey solutions in the power, steel,
mining, material handling, coal, non ferrous metals and ports
sector, has been awarded a project worth Rs173.20 crore for
coal handling plant with silo loading arrangement at Bharatpur
siding of Mahanadi Coalfields in Sambalpur, Orissa.
VIEWPOINT
Installation designed for injection of fine
grained solids & carbon dust injected through blast furnace tuyeres
The company Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH (HKM) in
Duisburg-Huckingen/Germany use a VELCO injection installation of at their
blast furnace B. The installation consists of a storage silo with a volume of
90 m3 that is filled by silo trucks. The installation has been designed for the
injection of fine grained solids as for instance Rutilit (a synthetic titanium
dioxide carrier) Illmenit and carbon dust which are injected through the blast
furnace tuyeres. The injection dispenser has two outlets that are connected
each one with the a lance in 1 tuyere by a conveying line of 70 m. The
injection capacity is approx.40 kg/min. per line.
REFRACTORY
Technical and economic review of
high alumina raw materials for steel refractories
This paper discusses technical and economic trends in high alumina raw materials and refractories in the past 20 years. The typical data of various high alumina materials are presented and discussed for selected steel applications. This also provides a basis for the consideration of raw material substitutions in other applications.
STEEL MAKING
Opportunities to Reduce Operating Costs, Increase
Productivity and Lower GHG Emissions in Electric and
Oxygen Steelmaking
Since the oxidation of carbon is the primary chemical reaction in all steelmaking processes, steelmakers are faced
with the challenge of finding ways to reduce CO2 emissions without seriously undermining process efficiency.
This paper describes the development of process optimization technology for both electric and oxygen steelmaking
that is designed to simultaneously improve productivity, reduce operating costs and lower GHG emissions.
COMPANY NEWS
Imatek makes first sale into Russia
Imatek have recently installed a 30,000J DWT40-30, Drop Weight Tear Tester (DWTT) at Ural Steel in Novotroitsk, Russia. The DWT40-30 replaces an older machine and will be used to test the fracture properties of steel used in the
manufacture of large diameter pipe for the oil and gas industries. This is a significant installation for Imatek as it represents the company’s first sale into Russia following the appointment of new distributor, Uralsibpromservice (USPS) based in Chelyabinsk.
GEA’s specialized Coolers for the Power Industry
These coolers manufactured for use in the marine and onshore/offshore
fields are custom made for individual engine designs, particular installation
criteria and varied operational conditions.
HAZEMAG & EPR GmbH, form an Indian Subsidiary to manufacture & market MinPro®
range of Horizontal Crushing equipment in India
The Dulmen, Germany based mining & mineral processing equipment major HAZEMAG
& EPR GmbH decided to have stronger presence in Indian market and formed an Indian subsidiary, HAZEMAG INDIA Pvt. Ltd. The new entity has come into operation since 1st April-2010 and would be based at Kolkata. Mr.Sabyasachi Mishra, Director in the new entity would head the Indian office and Mr.Klaus Beer, Managing Director; HAZEMAG & EPR GmbH would be the Chairman.
FOCUS
A positive tone with steel prices showing northward movement, at par with global trends, says JPC
With domestic steel producers going in for an allround
price increase in response to rising demand at home,
it does seem to mark an (un)-official end to the year-long
slowdown. December 2009 thus saw the year conclude
on a high and positive note with sentiments picking up
across sectors, helped to quite an extent by encouraging
news of growth in oft-tracked economic parameters.
Meanwhile, based on January – November 2009 data as
reported by the World Steel Association, India’s rank as
the fifth largest global producer of crude steel was
reinstated, after a brief climb to the third and then the
fourth largest positions during the year.
Prospect of commercial production of ferro-nickel production in India
The most important use of nickel is in steel industries where bulk of it or nickel in alloy form is required for the production of stainless steel.
The country imports ferro-nickel as there is no viable process to produce ferro-nickel from the internal resources. Looking into the country’s
import of nickel to meet its requirement, efforts have been made to produce ferro-nickel from the workable deposit lateritic ores or chromite
overburden in Sukinda region, Orissa. The lateritic ore or Chromite overburden materials is reduced by pan sintering technique followed by
magnetic separation and the smelting of magnetic fraction to produced ferro nickel. The smelting studies have been carried out using various
amount of reductant and it has been possible to produce Fe-Ni of grade varying from 4 – 25% Ni.
INDUSTRIAL FURNANCES
Silicon steel is a winner for LOI Italimpianti
“If you want to make it through an economic crisis you have to have the right products available for that situation. And when it comes to silicon steel production lines, we are not just the best. We are practically the only company able to supply the whole transformation process.” Hermann Stumpp, Head of LOI Italimpianti, speaks with the confidence of a man who has successfully stemmed the negative effects of the global economic crisis. In addition to being an important commodity for countless applications, steel is needed to conduct magnetic fluxes in transformers and electric machines. The most common type of steel used for conduction is grain-oriented electrical steel. This is produced not in the form of wires, but
as 0.2-0.3 mm thick “sheets”, with a small percentage of silicon as the alloying element and close alignment of the atomic lattices in the individual grains.
FACE TO FACE
Bonfiglioli marching towards the dream
to provide solutions
PL Muthusekkar, GM-SBU, Bonfiglioli India, answered an emailed questionnaire recently from his Bangalore office for Iron & Steel Review, and talked
at length with regard to the operations and market penetration of the Indian counterpart of the Italian power transmission equipment manufacturer’s future efforts in the country...
Abhijeet Group venturing into eco-friendly energy generation
Mr. Arun Gupta is the force behind setting up of
Pithead Based Power and Steel Plants of Abhijeet
Group. Mr. Gupta is a Mechanical Engineer having
more than 20 years of rich experience in Steel and
Power Industries. He has handled many challenging
assignments and is an expert in project execution
with commitment towards time, cost and quality.
STEEL INTERNATIONAL
Danieli Awarded with New DRP Order
This project came into force in July 2009 and the plant startup is
scheduled for Q4 2011. The main task shall be a record-time execution, the contractual schedule being reduced to 28 months for the hot startup completion.
It is based on Energiron (with reformer) technology for the production of cold DRI, aimed at feeding an existing meltshop supplied in 1999 by Danieli. This plant is the
first step of an expansion project for the Ezz facilities, which foresees a second DR module in the future, equipped with pneumatic transport.
FastCastTM special steel bloom caster started up at Usha Martin Ltd, India
In mid September 2009 the new twin-strand, 12- m-radius Danieli FastCast™
special steel bloom conticaster started operation successfully at Usha Martin’s
new meltshop in Adityapur (Jamshedpur), in the State of Jharkand. Usha Martin
is a world leader in production of high-quality alloy and special steels for the
automobile industry, for the fastener industry, and for wire and wire ropes
production. Thanks to the new caster operation the Adityapur works will
increase the production from previous 350,000 tpy to over 850,000 tpy. The
machine is designed to produce up to 0.5 Mtpy of 150x150 to 300x360-mm
special steel blooms in spring, bearing, CHQ, and alloyed steel grades. The
state-of-theart machine is fitted the latest technology available in conticasting
of special steels, and is designed for future installation of a Soft Reduction
system, which will make it possible to produce ball bearing and super-clean
steel grades, such as SAE 9254.
SPECIAL FEATURE
Successful startup and commissioning of the Energiron Direct Reduction Plant at Emirates Steel Industries, UAE
The first of two Energiron Direct Reduction Plants
(DRP) of ESI passed the performance test successfully in
December 2009, only one month after the issuance of the
Hot Test Certificate. In the last 10 days of January 2010
the plant has performed at an average of 220 tph, with a
record daily production of 5,895 t (eq. to 246 tph) on Feb.
1, 2010. This is the highest level of productivity ever
achieved by a single DRI reactor. The commissioning was
carried out jointly by Danieli Centro Metallics and Tenova
HyL. The ESI plant produces cold or hot or DRI, the latter
being fed directly to the EAF at a temperature of 600°C
as part of an integrated minimill complex that also includes
a meltshop and two rolling mills (wire rod line and bar
line) supplied on a turnkey basis by Danieli.
New Wide Plate Mill started up in the Middle East Danieli Wean United concept wide plate mill represents the winning solution for a modern approach to the plate market.
Plates are produced through conventional and
thermo-mechanical rolling with accelerated
cooling. In addition to the rolling and plate
finishing lines, heat treatment facilities are
provided for plate normalizing as well as for
hardening and tempering. The input slabs are
charged by cranes on a charging bench and are
reheated on two walking-beam furnaces with a
production capacity of 250 tpy, supplied by Danieli
Centro Combustion. At the exit of furnace the
slabs proceed to the four-high reversing plate mill
through a high-pressure descaling box. Highpressure
water sprays (220 bar) are used to this
purpose. To allow constant impact pressure on
the slab surface a screwjack system is used to
adapt the top header position to the entry thickness
of the slab. The rolling mill is composed of one
reversing stand, so that the complete rolling process
from entry thickness/width to final thickness/width
is achieved within the same mill. The four-high
stand incorporates the most modern technological
advances available, such as bottom HAGC with
top screwdown, bending system, Roll Thermal
Crown control, on-board high-pressure descaler
system, DanOil oil-film bearings, etc.
Order from Brazil: Siemens replaces two LD
converters at CSN
Brazilian steel producer Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional
(CSN) placed an order with Siemens for the replacement of
two LD converters at its Volta Redonda location. Turnkey
delivery of the converters is planned during the summer of
2011 and at the end of 2012, respectively.
Handan Iron & Steel Co. orders combi-caster
from Siemens
Siemens VAI Metals Technologies will supply a fivestrand
combi-caster to Handan Steel Works, part of Handan
Iron & Steel Co. Ltd., China. The new plant will be capable
of producing a total of 1.45 million tons of beam blanks and
blooms per year and is scheduled commence production
operations in the summer of 2011. The order is worth
approximately ten million euros. During the past four months
Siemens VAI had already received orders from Handan Iron
& Steel for the supply of a rod and a bar mill.
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