400,000 tpa ilmenite smelting complex for treating beach sands at Richards Bay, South Africa. The end products
are Sorelmetal (high purity pig iron) and a high titanium dioxide content slag. Facilities include a roaster plant, a
coal charring plant, a smelter with two, 6 electrode-in-line furnaces of 105 MVA rating each and a slag processing
plant.
- Engineering, construction supervision, commissioning and start-up for the smelter complex
- Assistance to Owner’s team for project and construction management
- Design (conceptual through to detail engineering), construction and start-up of a greenfield plant
- Highest powered smelting furnaces of their type in the world
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Project Stats
Client:
Qit-Fer et Titane Inc.
Location:
Richards Bay, South Africa
Start:
1974
Completion:
1978
Cost:
ZAR 250 million (1975 dollars)
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