Metso Outotec Corporation has signed an agreement with Beijing Shougang International Engineering Technology Co Ltd to design and supply environmentally-sound technology for Zenith’s Zhong Tian iron ore pelletizing plant, the company said in a statement.
The pelletizing plant is located at Nantong in China and is expected to commence operations by the end of 2021. It will be the fifth large iron ore pelletizing plant delivered by Metso Outotec in China.
The core of the plant is a traveling grate pellet indurating furnace with a grate area of 432sq m. The plant is expected to ensure high performance and quality with low investment and operating costs and lower energy consumption and fewer emissions.
The other details of the project have not been disclosed yet.