The coking plant of Henan Province-based Chinese steelmaker Anyang Iron and Steel Co. (Anyang Steel) has started to dry its new coke oven No. 9, according to Beijing-based Chinese state-run company China Metallurgical Group Corporation (MCC).
The coke oven was built by Hubei Province-based China First Metallurgical Group Corporation, a subsidiary of MCC.
The coke oven No. 9 is of the JNX70 2 model and has a height of seven meters. Construction of the oven, which commenced on April 20 this year, was completed within 144 days