The steel mill services company Harsco Corp., Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, has been awarded two multiyear contracts for steel mill services in China and Brazil that combined are expected to total more than $100 million over the length of the terms.
In China, Harsco’s Metals & Minerals division has been selected by Hebei Iron and Steel Group, China’s second largest steelmaker, to take over an increased range of on-site steel mill services at its Tangshan Stainless Steel works, where Harsco already provides environmental services relating to the commercial sale of the mill’s slag co-products. With the new contract, Harsco adds on-site slag handling, metal recovery and briquetting to its responsibilities.
Tangshan Stainless produces premium-grade steels for the auto and consumer markets.
Included within Harsco’s services to the Tangshan works will be its patented steam box technology for steel slag processing. Harsco says its technology provides for faster cooling times, reduced water and energy consumption and more efficient slag sizing than conventional methods. Its environmental benefits include the full capture of open atmospheric emissions, together with the opportunity to utilize the clean steam and heat generated from the steam box.
In Brazil, Harsco has been selected by one of the country’s largest fully integrated steelmakers to extend its long-standing services for on-site scrap handling, slag transport, metal recovery and melt shop support. Harsco has been providing continuous support to the mill’s flat steel operations for more than three decades and to its minimill since its inception in 2014.
“These contracts reflect our renewed ambitions to grow the Metals & Minerals business following two years of successful transformation. Our relationships in both contracts demonstrate our capacity to provide long-term value to customer operations in parallel with lasting benefit to the environment,” says Nicholas Grasberger, Harsco president and CEO.