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Harsco Expands Environmental Services to Baosteel
Mar. 18, 2010 The Harsco Metals business group has been awarded a new environmental services contract for byproduct recycling that will expand the company’s relationship with Baosteel, China’s largest steelmaker.
Harsco Metals will deploy a new zero waste byproduct recycling service at Baosteel’s Ningbo integrated carbon steelmaking facility in Zhejiang Province, where Harsco already provides scrap management and coolant scrap production services. Under this new contract, valued at approximately $6 million, Harsco will install and operate a specially constructed facility that will recycle byproducts from the mill’s steelmaking for reuse in the production of new steel.
Harsco’s recycling services are scheduled to begin in July.
Harsco Metals also has begun a new research and development relationship with the University of Science and Technology in Beijing. The two entities will conduct joint research into the physical, metallurgical, and mineralogical properties of steelmaking byproducts to develop innovative market uses and enhanced economic viability for these materials.
Eight steel-producing companies in China have been chosen to participate in the initial study.
“Both the Ningbo Baosteel contract and our partnership with the University of Science and Technology reflect our ultimate commitment to help our customers achieve a worldwide, zero-waste steel manufacturing industry,” said Galdino Claro, CEO of the Harsco Metals and Harsco Minerals business groups.
Harsco Corp. is one of the world’s leading diversified industrial services and engineered products companies, serving key industries that play a fundamental role in worldwide economic growth, including metals, infrastructure, railways, and energy.