Marubeni and Steel Plantech Accepts OG System from Brazilian Steel Maker

Marubeni and Steel Plantech Corporation announced on Wednesday they accepted an order for 2 off gas systems around converters at approximately 5 billion yen from Companhia Siderurgica Paulista (COSIPA), Brazilian steel maker. The OG systems will be installed in April-May 2008. COSIPA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (USIMINAS), Brazilian major steel maker. COSIPA has 3 blast furnaces to produce crude steel at 4.5 million tonnes per year and hot-rolled, cold-rolled sheet and plate. USIMINAS group is said to plan capital expenditure at US$ 1.5 billion toward 2010 to improve quality of the products. Marubeni and Steel Plantech accepted the order for OG systems for no.5 and no.6 converters in COSIPA’s no.2 steel making plant. COSIPA increased the converters capacity to 170 tonnes from 150 tonnes per charge along its output expansion plan. Then COSIPA will renew OG systems to improve dust collection efficiency. Steel Plantech is a joint venture for total steel plant engineering shared by JFE Engineering, Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Hitachi Zosen Corporation and Kawasaki Heavy Industries. The JV’s OG system was developed by Kawasaki Heavy Industries in 1962 and has been adopted at about 170 systems in Japan and overseas so far. In Brazil, Steel Plantech accepted an order for continuous casting equipment and OG system from Tubarao Steel Work in 2005.