Name of the Project
Dolvi steelworks expansion.

Location
Maharashtra, India.

Client
JSW Steel.

Project Description
The project entails the supply of two continuous slab-casting plants to JSW’s Dolvi plant.

Together, the two 2-strand casters will have an initial capacity of about 4.5-million metric tons of slabs a year, with future capacity potential for six-million metric tons.

The casting plants are designed as bow caster with straight SmartMold, and have a machine radius of 9 m and a metallurgical length of 34.5 m, with provision for 36.9 m in future.

Slabs will be cast with a thickness of 220 mm, in widths ranging from 900 mm to 1 650 mm. The maximum casting speed will be just under 2 m/minute, with provision for 2.1 m/minute in future.

The project includes the supply of a hot-rolling mill, with a capacity of five-million metric tons a year. The hot-rolling line consists of one roughing stand with edger, a crop shear, a seven-stand finishing mill, three down coilers and a pallet conveyor.

It produces hot strip with thicknesses from 1.5 mm to 16 mm and widths from 900 mm to 1 650 mm. The maximum coil weight is 34 t.

The mill can handle many different steel grades, including carbon structural steel, high-quality carbon steel, low alloy steel, DP and TRIP, as well as HSLA and API grades of up to X-70.

Potential Job Creation
Not stated.

Value
Not stated.

Duration
The casters are scheduled to come on stream in mid-2019.

Latest Developments
Primetals Technologies has won an order from JSW Steel to supply two continuous slab casters and a hot-rolling mill to JSW’s Dolvi steelworks.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
Primetals Technologies (slab casters and hot-rolling mill).

On Budget and on Time?
Not stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
JSW Steel, tel +91 22 4286 1000, +91 22 4286 3000 or email contact@jsw.in.