October 07, 2008

Xingang new coke ovens ignited

It is reported that Xingang Company’s 3 million tonne steel project in Jiangxi Province of China, No 5 coke oven has been completed on May 10th 2008.

Coke oven project started construction in July 2007 and the total investment of is about CNY 900 million. The new No 5 coke oven is built with advanced technology.

It includes two 63 holes 6 meters coke ovens, and the designed annual coke production is 1.25 million tonnes.

As per reports, after the firing of this coke oven, it must undergo heating cycle of 82 days and will be formally put into production on July 31st 2008.

Xingang Company’s coke output will reach more than 2.6 million tonnes every year with this commissioning.