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08 Apr 2024
Steelmaker says the new Lindemann
shredder will help supply its mill as it moves toward lowering its carbon
footprint.
Salzgitter, Germany-based
Salzgitter AG says it will install a new metal shredding plant near its steel
mill in its headquarters city. Salzgitter is currently in the process of
converting that blast furnace/basic oxygen furnace integrated mill complex into
one that uses hydrogen energy, direct-reduced iron
(DRI) and ferrous scrap in a set of investments it calls its
Salzgitter Low CO2 Steelmaking
(SALCOS) project.
The company says the new
shredder, to be supplied by Lindemann, will be installed “directly adjacent to
the SALCOS plants currently under construction.” Salzgitter places a $32.5
million price tag on the shredder installation and describes the entire
shredding system as measuring 189 meters (620 feet) in length and being 66
meters (216 feet) wide.
The new shredder will
“enable the processing of high-quality scrap grades,” says Salzgitter, adding
the installation “represents a further building block for the production of
‘green steel’ as part of SALCOS.”
In addition to
Germany-based Lindemann GmbH, Belgium-based engineering and construction firm
Lybover will be involved in the installation. “Both companies command many years
of expertise in the fields of machine technology and shredding, in addition to
processing plant and exhaust air technology,” states Salzgitter.
The shredding plant will
operate as part of Salzgitter’s existing Deutsche Erz-und Metall-Union GmbH
(DEUMU) scrap processing subsidiary, which also grew through
acquisition last year.
“In committing this
investment, our aim is to strategically realign our scrap management at the
Salzgitter site,” says Sandrina Sieverdingbeck, managing director DEUMU.
“Proceeding in this way, we are creating the conditions to ensure the group’s
scrap supply in the future, both in terms of quantity and quality.”
“As a medium-sized
company rooted in a long tradition in mechanical and plant engineering, we are
particularly proud to be working with our partners DEUMU and Lybover in
realizing this challenging project in the field of metal recycling,” says Carl
Gustaf Göransson, CEO of shredder maker Lindemann.
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Remarks Gunnar Groebler,
chair of the executive board of Salzgitter, “We know that - driven by the
circular economy - the global demand for scrap is set to increase
significantly. Demand for high-quality steel scrap will trend upwards,
particularly due to the increasing electrification of steel routes for CO2-reduced steel worldwide.”
Adds the CEO, “The
processing of these scrap grades from old scrap will then be enabled primarily
by modern shredding and sorting systems. Consequently, the new shredder is an
investment in product quality and, above all, serves to secure our own
requirements.”
In addition to making the
shredder investment, Salzgitter says DEUMU is “working with internal partners
to develop the 4 SALCOS scrap grade,” which the steelmaker says, “meets the
properties of the SALCOS production process.”
The commissioning of the
shredder is being timed to coincide with the start of the first stage of the
SALCOS “transformation program” in 2026, adds the metals producer.