Luxembourg-based plantmaker Paul Wurth has announced that its Italian subsidiary Paul Wurth Italia S.p.A. along with Paul Wurth India Pvt. Ltd. and local partner Larsen & Toubro Limited has entered into a contract agreement with India's state-owned steelmaker Steel Authority of India (SAIL) for the design, construction, supply and commissioning of a new blast furnace to be erected at SAIL's Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP).
The blast furnace No. 8 will have an inner volume of 4,060 m3. BSP intends to produce more than 3 million metric tons of hot metal per year by means of the new blast furnace. Start-up of the plant is planned for January 2013, after a 28-month period from the signature of the contract.