S&T: New hi-tech metallurgy lab at Caofeidian has crucial role in ore batching

A state-of-the-art metallurgical lab which will play a crucial role in ore batching has been created at Minmetals Caofeidian in China’s Hebei Province.

Based in Tangshan City and built jointly by CISDI and Caofeidian, the raw material and ironmaking metallurgical property lab will act as a research and development centre for ore batching core tech.

New processes and products will be developed for the Caofeidian International Ore Trading Centre.

This lab will also take advantage of China Minmetals’ global ferrous metal resource platform. Ore metallurgical property data can be integrated and tested and will support low-carbon smelting process development.

The ore batching recipes this lab verifies will improve Minmetals’ status in the sector and increase its trade.  

Its state-of-the-art equipment and apparatus simulates the sintering production process. This facilitates testing of the iron ore’s physicochemical properties, the grain size, intensity and metallurgical properties of the sintered ore, and the metallurgical coke’s properties.

Sinter pot testing has now been successfully implemented at the lab, signalling its operational status.

CISDI was responsible for the lab’s building design, the procurement and installation of equipment and the commissioning services.

CISDI and Caofeidian employees worked collaboratively to keep to a tight schedule and difficulties posed by COVID-19 lockdown and high-standard quality checkpoints.

CISDI’s determination to maintain quality while keeping pace with tight deadlines ensured a smooth process throughout the lab’s construction, installation of equipment and training of staff.