Finland-based Outotec Oyj, a global provider of process solutions, technologies and services for the mining and metallurgical industries, has announced the receipt of an order from Indian steelmaker Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) for the design and delivery of an iron ore sinter plant for its Rourkela Steel Plant in West Bengal. The contract price exceeds €25 million.
The deal includes Outotec's engineering, supply of proprietary and special equipment as well as technical services for a sinter plant with a reaction area of 360 square meters.
The plant project will be implemented in consortium with Larsen & Toubro Ltd, which will cover engineering and supply of local mechanical, electrical and instrumentation works, as well as complete site services including civil, structural and construction works.
The new sinter plant is in line with SAIL's program for the expansion of the annual capacity of the Rourkela Steel Plant by two million mt of crude steel, and is expected to become operational in 2011.
As Outotec's president and CEO Tapani Järvinen stated, Outotec is currently building four other sinter plants in India, two of which are for SAIL's IISCO works in Burnpur, one is for Tata Steel in Kalinganagar, and one other is for JSW Steel in Toranagallu.