Taiwan’s Fuxin Special Steel orders stainless steel plant with energy recovery

On September 20, Germany-based plantmaker SMS Siemag announced that it has received an order from Taiwan's Fuxin Special Steel Co. Ltd., for the supply of a steelworks for the production of stainless steel slabs. According to the company's statement, the new steelworks will be the first stainless steel plant in the world to utilize the waste heat from the AOD converter and the electric arc furnace.
 
The new construction project at the Zhangzhou location in the southeast of the Chinese province of Fujian comprises plant and equipment for stainless steelmaking on a scrap basis via the duplex route, a continuous slab caster and comprehensive environmental technology systems for gas cleaning and energy recovery. The works is designed for a production of 720,000 metric tons of steel per year. Commissioning is scheduled for the end of 2012.
 
The steel plant consists of a 160-mt electric arc furnace, a 180-mt AOD-L converter and a 180-mt ladle furnace.
 
The range of grades which will be produced by the steelworks comprises ferritic, austenitic and martensitic stainless steels, which are processed on the continuous caster to provide slabs of 200 mm or 220 mm thickness. During casting, the width can be set steplessly from 800 mm to 1,600 mm.