CISDI signed its second operations management contract with Formosa Ha Tinh in January.

The company will manage the site’s second blast furnace.

CISDI have already been responsible for continuous operations management of the site’s first blast furnace, which was started up last May.

Production was not without its challenges; issues faced included a lack of operational experience on the part of the client, and uneven production in the upstream and downstream blast furnaces processes.

In one instance, sinter ore could not be fed adequately, coke quality failed to reach standard and the steelmaking shop was unable to receive the required quantities of hot metal. As a result, the blast furnace was working under load.

But CISDI was able to rectify the problems and ensure the blast furnace withstood numerous hard tests without the incident of slip or massive falling of skull.

As a result, casthouse operation is now highly stable, the hot metal tapping is long-lasting without frequent letups which can release burdens of taphole plugging and drilling. The slag granulation system is now working fully, the cooling system for furnace proper is operated as designed and the copper staves are well maintained.

In addition to taking care of the blast furnace 2’s blow-in and startup, CISDI will continue its supervision of the operational services of both furnaces as well as on coordinating the stockyard and steelmaking processes’ production.