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Mechel Announces Launch of Coke-Oven Battery #5 at Mechel-CokeMechel OAO, one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, announced the launch of the reconstructed coke-oven battery #5 at Mechel Mining OAO’s subsidiary Mechel-Coke OOO.
This means that all of Mechel-Coke OOO’s 8 coke-oven batteries are now operational. This enables the company to increase production of coke and chemicals and ensure the needs and resource independence for Mechel Group’s Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant and Southern Urals Nickel Plant. The battery’s annual capacity is 470 000 t of coke, triple the unit’s capacity before it was halted for reconstruction. Once the battery reaches full load, Mechel-Coke will produce over 3,1 Mt/a of coke, boosting production by 17 %. As part of the battery’s reconstruction, the plant introduced a computerized central control system of the technological process for all of coke shop #2’s coke-oven batteries. Special attention was paid to environmental protection measures, which include an autonomous system for dust-free coke distribution, a smoke-free oven loading system, a cap pneumatic compression system for the battery’s gas exhaust columns, highly gas-tight coke-oven doors, and an automated monitoring system for coke gas combustion processes. Reconstruction of coke-oven battery #5’s facilities cost a total of RUB 1,8 billion (some USD 56,2 million). Gradual modernization of the plant’s production facilities and minimization of its impact on the environment are top priorities for Mechel-Coke OOO’s development program. Over the past five years, 4 coke-oven batteries were renovated, and a package of environmental protection measures installed. This will enforce our steelmaking enterprises’ independence from outside resources and let us concentrate on producing high-quality coke using the Elga deposit’s coking coal, among others,” Mechel OAO’s Chairman of the Board of Directors Igor Zyuzin noted (1/2012). |
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