Austrian plantmaker Siemens VAI Metals Technologies GmbH has announced that it received the final acceptance certificate (FAC) from Taiwan's Dragon Steel Corporation (Dragon Steel) following the successful start-up and fulfillment of the guarantee performance figures of sinter plant no. 1.
According to Siemens release, the plant incorporates the latest sintering technologies to ensure a high and constant sinter quality, low operating costs and a minimum environmental impact. The sinter plant, which has a surface area of 248 m2, produces in excess of 7,440 mt of sinter per day, or more than 2.4 million mt of sinter per year.
Sinter plant no. 2, with a larger production capacity, is currently being constructed by Siemens and is scheduled to commence operations in October 2012.
Dragon Steel has recently completed the phase 1 of a new greenfield integrated iron and steel works project. This industrial complex, for which Siemens VAI designed and supplied a new sinter plant, a blast furnace with an inner volume exceeding 3,200 m3 and a two-strand slab caster capable of producing 5.2 million metric tons of high-quality slabs per year.