In August 2013, Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH (SZFG), Germany, had awarded the Paul Wurth Group with a turn-key order for the construction of a pulverised coal injection (PCI) plant for Blast Furnaces ‘A’ and ‘B’ at their Salzgitter integrated steel plant. As SZFG announced already on May 4^th, the plant has started operation in spring 2015 and helps now to reduce the cost of ironmaking operations. The plant features two coal grinding and drying plants of 50 t/h capacity each. The injection plants are designed to reach a capacity of 200 kg of pulverised coal per ton of hot metal. With the first coal having been injected into the BF ‘B’ on March 23^rd and the readiness for operation achieved on April 2^nd, 2015, the respective contractual milestones have been accomplished.

Paul Wurth S.A., Luxembourg