Sinter Plant I & II

In the present-day scenario, the mini steel plants, as a move of backward integration, are installingsinter plants to feed the MBF. The reason behind this trend is to produce marketable hot metal/pigiron at low cost. Also cost of iron ore lumps which is a major raw material for producing pig iron ismuch higher as compared to cost of iron ore fines and hence production and use of sinter in MBFreduces the cost of production of hot metals. Further, charging Sinter into Blast Furnace alsoincreases its productivity and helps in utilization of other steel plants wastes.

At K I C Metaliks Limited, we integrated backward by setting up state-of-the-art technology, theAnnular Sinter Plant with a capacity of 3,60,000 MTPA, where it would convert the iron ore fines andcoke fines into coarsed grained iron ore sinter for charging the blast furnace.

Sintering process would benefit the Company in terms of reduction into the cost of production of pigiron and would also eliminate the charging process of raw limestone and dolomite into the BlastFurnace to a certain extent. Further, it also aids the conversation of iron-ore by utilising iron-ore fineswhich are otherwise sold in the market at throw away prices. Since availability of the sinter for blast furnace from existing sinter plant was only 55%-60%,second sinter plant was set upin to increase the sinter burden in the blast furnace and increase its productivity.