Coke Oven No. 1 of Handan-Baosteel Ltd. Put into Operation

Coke oven No. 1 of Handan-Baosteel Ltd. turned out smoothly the first heat of quality coke a few days ago. As the first major project of Handan-Baosteel built and put into production, it was constructed in the shortest time compared with similar coke oven project, a result of the advantages of Baosteel and Handan in full play respectively as well as the highly efficient cooperation between them.

Coke Oven No. 1 of Handan-Baosteel Ltd. is one of the important supporting projects for the pre-iron system. JNX70-2 coke oven designed by ACRE was adopted, reaching the first class level in China in both overall equipment and major economic & technical indices. The actual construction period of this project was 5 months, starting construction on 1st April 2007, ignition for drying out on 20th September.

Production of Coke Oven No. 1 had laid a solid foundation for finishing building of the complete pre-iron system of the new area by the end of March. It also marked that iron tapping of the blast furnace has entered the last stage of counting down.

In the ceremony for putting into production of Coke Oven No. 1, the leadership of Handan-Baosteel hoped that the relevant technicians for production, construction and equipment would continue to tackle the difficulties to digest and absorb the advanced technology in the shortest time to rein skillfully the large modern equipment to fulfill the production and efficiency indices at an early time. The leadership exhorted the massive constructors to carry forward their spirits of doing exceptionally well in "pains taking, assaulting fortified positions and fighting" to ensure that the whole pre-iron system would come on stream as scheduled.