Posted on 01 Sep 2023
Siderúrgica Norte Brasil (Sinobras) could begin trials of its new steel rolling mill in October and it could be fully operational by January, Kallanish understands.
“The new mill will allow our company to start supplying new products, such as spooled and coiled rebar and wire rod,” the steelmaker explains. The investment in the Marabá facility in Pará state included the expansion of the scrap yard up to 170,000 tonnes, a new warehouse area and a new 230 kilovolts substation and 11km transmission line, which should meet the company's new energy needs.
The design and engineering work of the new mill was completed by consulting and technology firm Hatch. The electricity will be supplied by the Belo Monte hydroelectric power plant, in which Sinobras is a partner, the steelmaker adds.
The company says that it has also created a transport company, Aço Cearense Logística (ACL), with a fleet of 150 trucks to meet its processes and supply customers.
The project will enable Sinobras to improve its current capacity to produce 380,000 tonnes/year of long steel to almost 850,000 t/y in the next two years. The contribution of the new rolling mill is estimated to be around 300,000t in 2024.
In addition, Siderúrgica Norte Brasil (Sinobras) is developing with Vale a new steel plant that will produce billet from pig iron. The raw material is set to be supplied by the miner’s subsidiary Tecnored.
The forecast is that the plant will have 500,000 t/y production capacity and will start operations at the end of 2025, requiring a year of improvement in the production process, Sinobras adds.
Source:Kallanish
