ABB commissions Bahrain pellet plant
Manama, January 2, 2011
ABB, a leading power technology group, said it has successfully commissioned the new pellet production line no.2 at Gulf Industrial Investment Company (GIIC) in Bahrain.
After the commissioning, the production capacity at GIIC, a major producer of direct reduction grade iron oxide pellets, has doubled to more than eleven million tons per year, ABB said in a statement.
In mid-2007, Japan's Kobe Steel had awarded ABB with the contract to supply GIIC, with electrical equipment and control systems to support the expansion of their plant.
The project was executed within the tight schedule required by the client and the end user now benefits from a state-of-the-art plant that already produces more than the original rated capacity, the statement said.
ABB said its scope of supply comprised engineering, manufacturing and delivery of intelligent low voltage (LV) motor control centers, an emergency power generator, medium voltage (MV) power factor correction, MV and LV motors and variable speed drives, integrated with a System 800xA process control system, field instrumentation and a collaborative production management system (Knowledge Manager and maintenance management system).
The delivery also included infrastructure systems, fire detection, telecommunication, lighting, cabling, earthing and lightning protection. ABB provided related engineering services to the customer including installation, supervision and commissioning of the material as well as customer training.
Mechanical and electrical installations were concluded in spring 2009 and the first pellets were produced mid of 2009. The acceptance certificate from GIIC was awarded at the end of June 2010.
The iron ore concentrate shipped to GIIC is being grinded, then mixed with additives and processed to iron ore pellets in a grate kiln.
GIIC will benefit from enhanced process control and monitoring, as well as from increased energy efficiency, provided by the integrated process control and electrical system, the ABB said in its statement.-TradeArabia News Service
