Jindal Steel starts new met coke oven at Angul plant
Indian steel producer Jindal Steel and Power (JSPL) has commissioned the fourth coke battery at its Angul steel plant, covering the plant's metallurgical coke requirements.
The new coke oven has four batteries, each of which has 45,000 t/month of capacity, enabling to produce a total of 2mn t/yr of met coke. The oven will feed India's largest operating blast furnace at Angul, with 4,554m³ volume, as well as two blast furnaces in Raigarh, Chattisgarh.
JSPL commissioned the world's first synthetic-gas-based direct-reduced iron (DRI) plant at Angul in 2014. The plant is designed to produce steel via the coal-gas-based DRI and electric arc furnace (EAF) route, using high-ash Swadeshi domestic coal to produce synthetic gas for DRI.
But India's Supreme Court cancelled the mine allocation that JSPL had intended to feed the coal gasification system just before the DRI plant was commissioned. This forced the company to install a conventional coke oven to feed the blast furnace.
JSPL is seeking a regular supply of one type of coal from nearby mines at an affordable price to feed the DRI plant and reduce its dependence on imported coking coal, JSPL chairman Naveen Jindal said.
By Dylan Wong
source: Argus Media
Top News
Six last month
Iran Alloy Steel Company intends to purchase 12 tons of ferrotungsten through public tender
Iran Alloy Steel Company intends to purchase 150 tons of Low-Carbon Ferro Manganese through public tender
Gold price faces worst week since 2021 as Fed signals no rate-cut rush
Gold loses some luster after Trump’s decisive win
Iron ore price flirts with key $100/t level on firm demand, China stimulus hopes
Hedge funds slash bullish wagers on gold over Trump election win
Resolute Mining says it will pay Mali $160 million in tax dispute
Families gather at South African mine shaft where hundreds are feared stuck underground
Higher silver supply to reduce global deficit by 4% in 2024
BHP to spend up to $14 billion on Chilean copper expansion
Chile’s rare salt flat fish faces threat from lithium mining project
British Columbia creates new mining ministry to tackle critical minerals amid doubts over capacity
China’s germanium, gallium ban could cost the US $3.4 billion
South Africa police standoff with illegal gold miners escalates
Iran Alloy Steel Company intends to purchase 150 tons of Low-Carbon Ferro Manganese through public tender
Iran Alloy Steel Company intends to purchase 12 tons of ferrotungsten through public tender
Iron ore price flirts with key $100/t level on firm demand, China stimulus hopes
Newmont sells Ontario gold mine to Orla for $850 million
BHP warns Australian mining not ready for low-cost competitors
Iran Alloy Steel Company intends to purchase 12 tons of ferrotungsten through public tender
Iran Alloy Steel Company intends to purchase 150 tons of Low-Carbon Ferro Manganese through public tender
Chile’s rare salt flat fish faces threat from lithium mining project
British Columbia creates new mining ministry to tackle critical minerals amid doubts over capacity
Newmont sells Ontario gold mine to Orla for $850 million
BHP warns Australian mining not ready for low-cost competitors
Resolute Mining says it will pay Mali $160 million in tax dispute
Trump chooses oil fracking boss as energy secretary
Gold loses some luster after Trump’s decisive win
