ArcelorMittal Krivoy Rog promises to invest $70 million into the construction of pulverized coal fuel unit

The Krivoy Rog mining and metallurgical combine ArcelorMittal Krivoy Rog (the Dnepropetrovsk region) will invest more than $70 million into the construction of a complex for the preparation and pulverized coal injection in the blast furnace №9 (the largest in Europe) that will allow it to eliminate the use of natural gas in the production of cast iron and to reduce the consumption of coke, Interfax-Ukraina writes.

As the press release of the company reports, the project provides for the construction of coal handling, storage and transportation system.

It is noted that it is planned to launch two mills with a total capacity of 83 tons of coal dust per hour for grinding of raw materials to the required fractions, and to install filters for the separation of air from dust. Dust-fuel from special bins will be distributed to the tuyeres of the blast furnace, through nozzles of which it will be directly injected into the furnace.