Harsco renews contract with JSW Steel in India

U.S.-based mill services firm will handle scrap procurement for JSW Dolvi steelmaking complex in India.

The Harsco Environmental division of Camp Hill, Pennsylvania-based Harsco Corp. says it has successfully renewed a multiyear mill services contract with JSW Steel for that firm’s Dolvi operation in Maharashtra, India.

The current service contract, which includes the processing of steel melting shop-1 (SMS1) slag, expires in June 2022. The renewed contract adds the processing of SMS2 slag, beginning July 2021, to support Dolvi until it develops a single large metal recovery plant (MRP) at a new location, which will double its capacity. The formal renewal to handle SMS2 slag production begins this summer.

Harsco currently provides several services at the Dolvi mill, including metal recovery, scrap management and under-furnace digging. “These services are directly linked to consistent and continuous steel production and are critical for plant operations,” according to Harsco. In 2019, Harsco secured three additional multi-year contracts to set up, operate and maintain slag briquetting, slag cooling and melt shop services at JSW Dolvi.

“This is another milestone in our longstanding strategic relationship with JSW Dolvi,” says Harsco Environmental Regional President of India Siva Subramaniyam. “It is proof of our client’s trust in us to deliver an upgraded and efficient metal recovery plant in the shortest time to meet the increased slag production as the Dolvi plant doubles its steel capacity.”

The renewal has been designed to ensure Harsco can provide continuity for JSW Dolvi beyond the expiration of the existing contract, with an upgraded plant, to cater excess slag processing until the future expansion at the new MRP takes place.

“JSW always puts emphasis on byproduct/waste product management, its effective utilization and maximization of its value by employing the latest technology, which is both economically and environmentally efficient,” says JSW Dolvi Works President Gajraj Singh Rathore. “With the finalization of this contract with Harsco, JSW has again moved one step ahead towards our objective of solid waste utilization. I wish for a timely and successful implementation of the project, as it is strategically important for us to manage the slag produced from our steel melt shop 2 expansion project.”