Finland-based Outotec - a global provider of process solutions, technologies and services for the mining and metallurgical industries - has announced that it has been awarded a contract by JSW Steel Ltd for the construction of a third iron ore sinter plant at JSW Steel's integrated steelworks at Toranagallu, India.
The scope of the order includes design, basic engineering and supply of proprietary equipment for a sinter plant with a grate area of 496 square meters, which will be one of the largest sinter plants in India upon going into operation.
JSW Steel Ltd. has an annual production capacity of 2,65 million mt, which it plans to expand to seven million mt in 2008. The delivery in question is part of the next phase of JSW Steel's capacity expansion at Toranagallu, which is scheduled to increase the annual production capacity of the complex to 10 million mt by 2010, thus making it the largest single-location integrated steel plant in India.
The cost of the delivery has not yet been disclosed by Outotec.
Commenting on the planned delivery, President and CEO of Outotec Tapani Järvinen said, "This contract reinforces the strong partnership between JSW Steel and Outotec, based on the earlier two sinter plants that have been supplied by Outotec for JSW's Toranagallu works. The order for the third sinter plant consolidates our position as the leading supplier of agglomeration technology in the iron and steel industry in India".