Aug 7, 2011
By Sanjay OjhaSanjay Ojha, TNN
RANCHI: The Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) for the first time will use a technology for smelting iron ore fines by directly using non-coking coal in its upcoming plants in Jharkhand and Orissa.
Of the two upcoming integrated steel plants of the company, one will be of six million tonne per annum (MTPA) capacity at Angul in Orissa and the other will be of three MTPA at Patratu in Jharkhand.
The technology will not only be cost-effective but will also offer significant environmental benefits to the steel industry. It is developed by Australian major Rio Tinto and will be used in India at the JSPL's steel plants in Jharkhand and Orissa. The technology known as HIsmelt (high intensity smelting) will be used in a fully integrated steel making facility.
Assistant vice-president of the JSPL A K Biruly said, "We will be introducing HIsmelt technology for the first time at our plants in Jharkhand and Orissa. The technology is for direct smelting process for making iron straight from the ore. It smelts iron ore fines directly using non-coking coals and offers significant economic and environmental benefits to the steel industry."
He said the MoU for use of this new technology was recently signed by JSPL chairman-cum-managing director Naveen Jindal and chief executive of Rio Tinto Sam Walsh.
According to sources in the JSPL, HIsmelt process is the future for iron making, particularly in locations where coking coal and good quantity of iron ore lumps are not available.
"In India, most of the steel makers are dependent on high quality imported cocking coal. Once the technology starts using iron ore fines and non-coking coal, we will be able to save the environment also because huge amount of iron ore fines go waste every years," said a source. (TOI)
By Sanjay OjhaSanjay Ojha, TNN
RANCHI: The Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) for the first time will use a technology for smelting iron ore fines by directly using non-coking coal in its upcoming plants in Jharkhand and Orissa.
Of the two upcoming integrated steel plants of the company, one will be of six million tonne per annum (MTPA) capacity at Angul in Orissa and the other will be of three MTPA at Patratu in Jharkhand.
The technology will not only be cost-effective but will also offer significant environmental benefits to the steel industry. It is developed by Australian major Rio Tinto and will be used in India at the JSPL's steel plants in Jharkhand and Orissa. The technology known as HIsmelt (high intensity smelting) will be used in a fully integrated steel making facility.
Assistant vice-president of the JSPL A K Biruly said, "We will be introducing HIsmelt technology for the first time at our plants in Jharkhand and Orissa. The technology is for direct smelting process for making iron straight from the ore. It smelts iron ore fines directly using non-coking coals and offers significant economic and environmental benefits to the steel industry."
He said the MoU for use of this new technology was recently signed by JSPL chairman-cum-managing director Naveen Jindal and chief executive of Rio Tinto Sam Walsh.
According to sources in the JSPL, HIsmelt process is the future for iron making, particularly in locations where coking coal and good quantity of iron ore lumps are not available.
"In India, most of the steel makers are dependent on high quality imported cocking coal. Once the technology starts using iron ore fines and non-coking coal, we will be able to save the environment also because huge amount of iron ore fines go waste every years," said a source. (TOI)
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