Trial run of rotary kiln in Morowali ferronickel project successful
Thursday, August 21 2014 - 01:05 AM WIB
Metallurgical Corporation of China Ltd announced on Wednesday that the trial run of No. 2 rotary kiln at the SMI Ferronickel Smelting Integrated Project in Morowali, Central Sulawesi was successfully completed after three-day no-load running on Aug. 17, 2014.
The firm was contracted by China 20MCC Construction Goup (20MCC Group) to build the ferronickel smelting plant.
?This marks a key step towards the final operation of the first RKEF Ferronickel Production Line,? the firm said
The construction works of the ferronickel smelting plant was commenced on July 16, 2013, and is expected to be put into operation on Dec. 31, 2014. The first phase of the project covers a land area of 250 ha.
Under the project, the worldwide most advanced RKEF production process is to be employed, and the annual output will be 300,000 tons of ferronickel.
The ferronickel production line mainly consists of four sets of submerged arc furnaces, four sets of 4.6mx100m rotary kilns, four sets of 5mx45m dry kilns, four sets of electrostatic precipitators (with advanced technology and a smoke-dust treatment capability of 500,000 cubic meters per hour), three sets of electrostatic precipitators (with advanced technology and a smoke-dust treatment capability of 250,000 cubic meters per hour), and two sets of supportive generator units.
The target of the project is to establish an enterprise with worldwide advanced technology for environment-friendly sustainable development, which can create 2,200 employment posts.
Editing by Johannes Simbolon