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Environmental Management Sustainability Report 2006 |
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Contribution to Environmental Protection through Products, Technologies and Services (6) |
New Production Technologies |
Midrex Receives Order for Direct Reduction Plant Expansion | |
Kobe Steel Group company Midrex Technologies, Inc. received an order from Argentine steelmaker Acindar A.S. to expand the latter's Midrex Direct Reduction Plant. An integrated steelmaker, Acindar operates a Midrex Direct Reduction Plant, electric furnace, and continuous casting and rolling facilities. Its main products are wire and bar for construction applications and welded pipe. In 2004, 1 million of the 1.34 million tons of crude steel the company produced (26.3% of the total Argentine market) was made using the direct reduction method. The main portion of the order consists of increasing the reformer line, which refines natural gas into higher-quality reduction gas. The expansion project will increase the production capacity of direct reduced iron without changes to the shaft furnace. The expansion is anticipated to commence operations in the spring of 2007, resulting in a projected 25% increase in direct reduced iron capacity, to 1.25 million tons per year. |
MIDREX Plant Consists of a shaft furnace for iron ore reduction and reformer for reduction gas generation. Both iron ore lumps and pellets can be used as the raw material. Also, the plant recycles the exhaust gas from the reduction furnace, achieving low fuel consumption and an environmentally friendly process. |
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