The DRI Plant of 1.28 million per annum capacity constitutes the first phase of

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Tuwairqi Steel Mills Limited (TSML)has recently hired agigantic Crawler Crane of 600 tons capacity to construct a104-meter high Reduction Furnace Tower.

The furnace employs the worlds most advanced Direct Reduced Iron(DRI) technology of the MIDREX Process owned by KOBE Steel ofJapan. The tower, which currently stands at a height of 50 meters,will be making one of the skyscrapers in Pakistan.

Tuwairqi Steel Mills Limited is being set up in Pakistan byAl-Tuwairqi Group of Companies, one of the leading businessconcerns in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the largest privatesector steel producer.

The crane (Demag CC 2800) engaged to construct the tower isconsidered a speedy and reliable tool for lifting heavy structuralmaterials globally during a high-rise construction. TSML hasobtained this crane from a Turkish company, namely, SARILARInternational Transport and Commerce. Prior to operating at TSMLsite, it was working at ARAMCO Rabigh Site in the Kingdom of SaudiArabia.

The DRI Plant of 1.28 million per annum capacity constitutes thefirst phase of the project and it is expected to be completed inthe first quarter of 2009. Along with the construction of the DRIplant, an Intermediary Phase is also being executed, which includesthe setting up of a chain of Induction Furnace to produce 0.3million tons of billets per annum.

The Intermediary Phase would be completed close to the completionof DRI Plant. Phase-II of the project consists of an Electric ArcFurnace and a Constitute Caster to produce 1.28 million tons ofhigh quality billets. As background integration, a PelletisationPlant of 2.4 million tons capacity shall also be set up. Theproject spreads over an area of 220 acres at Port Qasim.

Source: Daily Times