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14 Newsletter 2/2010 Steelworks for Long Products 600,000 tpy of blooms/beam blanks and heavy sections SMS Concast and SMS Meer supply steel complex to Bahrain From left: Saad Rashid Al-Mohannadi, General Manager of Qatar Steel; Khalid Al Qadeeri, Chairman & Managing Director of Sulb; Hiroyuki Inoue, President of Yamato Kogyo; Dr. Joachim Schönbeck, President & CEO of SMS Meer; Kiseok Park, Chairman & CEO of Samsung Engineering; Jacques-Frédéric Zuber, President & CEO of SMS Concast. United Steel Company (Sulb) in the Kingdom of Bahrain awarded SMS Concast and SMS Meer the order to design and supply on a turnkey basis a steelworks for blooms/beam blanks and heavy sections. The minimill will be part of the new, fully integrated steel complex in Al Hidd, a town on a sand spit on the south-eastern extremety of Muharraq Island. The contract is for the construction and supply of one 120-t electric arc furnace, one ladle furnace, one bloom/beam blank casting plant and one heavy-section rolling mill. The order will be realized in cooperation with Samsung Engineering as EPC partner (Engineering, Procurement & Construction). Commissioning of the overall plant is planned for the second half of 2012. With the awarding of the order for the technological core equipment including the complete automation system to SMS Meer and SMS Concast, United Steel selected best performing production technology for long products. SMS Concast will supply a state-of-the-art steelworks with an annual capacity of 850,000 t. It will comprise one 120-t Ultra-High- Power EAF for continuous DRI charging, a ladle furnace and a three-strand continuous casting machine for various near-to-netshape bloom and beam blank sections. The delivery also includes the material handling system for ferroalloys addition and a powerful dedusting system.
The here realized beam blank casting technology was launched onto the market by SMS Concast, a pioneer in continuous casting technology. The heavy-section rolling mill to be supplied by SMS Meer will feature the latest state of the art in rolling mill technology. The mill stands will come with hydraulic roll adjustment systems, while the roller straightener will be equipped with hydraulic roller adjustment. Designed for an initial capacity of 600,000 tpy, the plant will boast high flexibility in terms of product mix and format changes. For example, a program change will be realizable within 20 minutes. Planning and civil engineering, erection and ancillary equipment will be provided and coordinated by Samsung Engineering. For many years, Samsung Engineering has been active in the region as a project partner. Together with Foulath’s existing pellet plant, which will be further expanded for the new steelworks project, and the DRI plant awarded to Kobe/Midrex, a remarkable fully integrated steel complex will be established at Al Hidd, covering the complete production chain from pelletizing to the finish-rolled product. This excellent setup allows highly efficient production at low operating costs. Furthermore, this investment will create 1,000 new jobs in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The total order volume for the project amounts to some EUR 1.2 billion. With the new steel facility, United Steel plans to cover about 15 % of the current imports of steel beams and sections into the countries of the Middle East. Conclusion of the contract by Khalid Al Qadeeri, Chairman & Managing Director of Sulb, and Dr. Joachim Schönbeck, President & CEO of SMS Meer, in the presence of Hiroyuki Inuoe, President of Yamato Kogyo. On the occasion of the signing ceremony, Dr. Joachim Schönbeck, President & CEO of SMS Meer, stated: “We feel honored to have been selected by United Steel and its shareholders Foulath and Yamato Kogyo for this important project. Together with our sister company SMS Concast, we will deliver a true benchmark plant, which will set new standards. With Foulath’s existing pelletizing plant, this will be one of the most efficient production sites in the GCC region.” Jacques F. Zuber, President & CEO of SMS Concast, added: “As pioneer and market leader in the field of continuous casting technology, SMS Concast is pleased to have the opportunity to provide its latest melting and casting technology to this outstanding project. We view the award of the contract as recognition of our competence in the key markets for our products.” Khalid Al Qadeeri and Jacques Zuber (President & CEO of Concast AG). Newsletter 2/2010 15
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