Zenith Nantong Steel’s blast furnace 3 has now been capped, pushing the project on to achieve a blow-in target of five months from now on.

A 400-tonne crawler crane put its last ring of shells in place.

Construction of the 2,300-cubic-metre furnace began in September 2020, when the first pre-stressed high-strength concrete pile was driven in, and was completed on-schedule in just 174 days.

It is now ready for the next stage - cooler installation, refractory building and pipework. The blow-in target will be fulfilled in five months.

CISDI’s team put safety and quality first and foremost and remained on-site to work throughout the Chinese New Year holiday period. Their organisation and coordination skills have ensured the project keeps to schedule.

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Zenith Nantong Steel is based at the Haimen Port New Area in Jiangsu Province’s Nantong City.

It is designed to the latest efficient, intensive, green and intelligent standards.

CISDI is undertaking the steel plant’s planning, pre-feasibility study, general design and utilities design, plus EPC-based services for its stockyard, ironmaking, steelmaking and continuous casting plants. CISDI is assisting the overall management to an EPCM mode.

The latest in high-standard construction and equipment is being implemented at this greenfield steel plant in the quest for top environmental and efficiency levels.

Blast furnace 3 at Zenith Nantong Steel is capped with its last shells, using a crawler crane