Annual report 2007 - Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works ...

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Expenditures on major capital projects in 2007
Facility USD m
Sinter division
2 sinter stabilization units 76
Lime calcination shaft kilns 23
Blast furnace division
Bell-less top charging devices 34
#9 Blast Furnace overhaul 51
Steel-smelting division
#6 slab caster 41
EAF Shop facilities 19
Rolling division
5,000 mm plate mill 191
2,000 mm hot strip mill’s modernization 64
Wet skin-pass on 2,500 mm cold rolling mill 26
HDGL #2 49
CCL #2 6
Auxiliary services
Storage areas’ revamping 17
R/w terminals’ revamping 10
In 2007 the following projects were implemented:
Sintering division:
Start-up of 2 sinter stabilization units which will improve the quality of sinter, thus reducing the consumption of
iron ore materials and coke in the blast furnace and raising its productivity.
Construction of 2 lime calcination shaft kilns to supply the newly commissioned steel-smelting facilities with
quality lime.
Blast Furnace Division:
Installation of bell-less top charging devices (BTCD) on 2 blast furnaces. Such devices, coupled with the use of
stabilized sinter, will allow to reduce the consumption of coke and raise the furnaces’ productivity. In the future it is
planned to install BTCD’s on the other six furnaces, two of them in 2008.
Rolling Division:
Completion of the 2,000 mm hot strip mill’s modernization which will allow to step up its productivity to 6 mtpy,
improve the quality and expand the product mix.
Environment Protection:
НThe most significant investment in the environment protection was be the revamping of the # 4
desulphurization unit of the Sintering Division to reduce SO2 and dust emissions.
Commissioning of the aspiration system on 3 production facilities. Work is underway to install similar systems on
another 3 facilities.
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ANNUAL REPORT OPEN JOINT-STOCK COMPANY MAGNITOGORSK IRON & STEEL WORKS
MMK’s capex in 2002-2007 have amounted to USD 2.9 bn, which has allowed to:
increase crude steel production from 10.3 to 13.3 mtpy;
increase rolled steel production from 9.0 до 12.2 mtpy;
increase the share of downstream products in the total output from 10% to 12%;
decrease the wear degree of the fixed assets from 66% to 50%.
SEASON 2007
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