An agreement signed on Wednesday between Tuwairqi Steel Mills Limited (TSML) of Al-Tuwairqi Group of Saudi Arabia and the Kawasaki Gas Turbines Asia (KGTA) (a subsidiary of Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Japan) for the supply and erection of a power generating unit at TSML site Bin Qasim Karachi.
The power generating unit of four gas turbines of 6.5 MW capacity each would be sufficient to cater the power requirement of Phase-I of Iron Making (DRI) Plant of 128 million tons per annum capacity.
Kobe Steel of Japan is the original manufacturer and technology supplies of Iron Marking (DRI) Plant. The power-generating unit costing $30 million with combined cycle solution will be of the capacity or around 35-MW. The contract on behalf of Tuwairqi Steel Mills Limited (TSML) was signed by Zaigham Adil Rizvi, Director (Projects) and on behalf of Kawasaki Heavy Industries by Yuji Tanaka, Managing Director of Kawasaki Gas Turbines Asia.
On completion of Phase-I in the next 15 months at a cost around 197 Million $, the Tuwairqi Steel Mills will commence production of 1.28 million tons of iron (DRI) annually.-PR