At present, the century-old changes and the century-old epidemic are intertwined, the international situation continues to undergo profound and complex changes, the global industrial chain is accelerating the reconstruction, the domestic reform, development and stability tasks are arduous, and the steel industry is facing a new round of downward cycle. How to grasp the new situation and achieve sustainable growth has become the top priority for the development of all industries. In January this year, China Baowu officially released the iterative and upgraded company strategy, positioning as a "high-tech enterprise that provides comprehensive solutions for steel and advanced materials and industrial ecosystem services", and determined the new mission and new vision of "co-building an industrial ecosystem to promote the progress of human civilization" and "becoming a global leader in the steel and advanced materials industry".
China Steel International Engineering Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as China Steel International) keeps up with China's Baowu strategic pace, conducts strategic iteration, and is based on the development direction of "green", "internationalization" and "smart" and strives to realize the vision of "global leader in industrial engineering technology services".
strongly builds a leading low-carbon technology enterprise
to achieve carbon peak and carbon neutrality is an inherent requirement for China's high-quality development and is also China's solemn commitment to the international community. As the basic industry of the national economy, the steel industry plays an important role in the world, but it is also a typical high-energy consumption and high-carbon emission industry, and is an important area for achieving green and low-carbon development. It is the unshirkable responsibility of every steel ecosystem enterprise to promote the green and low-carbon development of the steel industry and to highlight the green background of the industry. China Baowu took the lead in releasing carbon emission reduction targets and released the "China Baowu Carbon Peak Carbon Neutralization Action Plan", which clarified six aspects: ultimate energy efficiency, hydrogen-rich carbon cycle blast furnace, hydrogen-based vertical furnace, near-final manufacturing, metallurgical resource recycling, and carbon recycling and utilization. As an important member of China Baowu’s member enterprise and a green and low-carbon vanguard force, China Steel International has taken active actions and formed a scientific, pragmatic and implementable green and low-carbon path map in the first year of the 14th Five-Year Plan. With the ability to integrate full-process system service technology that supports green development, China Steel International has accelerated the digital transformation of into , from energy efficiency improvement, to process and process optimization and reconstruction, to cutting-edge zero-carbon technology, supplemented by carbon emission management and carbon reduction planning, providing steel enterprises with comprehensive green and low-carbon manufacturing solutions for full-process and full-life cycle.
Energy efficiency improvement, traditional carbon emission reduction process innovation
China Steel International is based on the long-term technical engineering practice of domestic and foreign long processes, and has always been committed to the transformation and optimization of traditional processes with the goal of energy efficiency improvement, helping steel enterprises optimize costs, improve quality and efficiency, and accelerate the transformation from scale benefits to quality and efficiency.
China Steel International independently developed the belt roaster pellet process was first applied in the Middle East project. As the cleanest process for blast furnace material blocking, this technology can achieve low process energy consumption, reduce pre-iron pollution and carbon dioxide emissions. At present, this technology has been widely used at home and abroad. In terms of high-efficiency long material rolling, China Steel International has made breakthroughs in controlling rolling and cooling, high-speed steel-mounted devices, serial module rolling mill , etc., reduced alloy usage, and achieved a significant decrease in fuel consumption in heating furnace .
In terms of traditional blast furnace carbon reduction technology, the third phase of the China Baowu Basteel hydrogen-rich carbon cycle blast furnace test project, which was generally contracted by China Steel International EPC, has been ignited and put into operation. This is a pioneer project of China Baowu Global Green and Low-carbon Innovation Research Base. It is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 30%, while significantly increasing the utilization coefficient of smelting furnaces. It has the dual advantages of economy and high efficiency. It will provide China Baowu solution for global green and low-carbon smelting.
Baosteel hydrogen-rich carbon cycle blast furnace test project contracted by China Steel International EPC general contracted and constructed by China Steel International EPC general contracted and constructed by China Steel International Bagang International Hydrogen-rich carbon cycle blast furnace test project BIM diagram
Caosteel hydrogen-rich carbon cycle blast furnace test project contracted by China Steel International EPC general contracted and constructed by China Steel International Bagang International also has technologies with independent intellectual property rights including sintering intelligent control system, 7.5-meter low-energy consumption and low-emission top-mounted coke oven , heat recovery coke oven, etc., providing more options for steel enterprises to clean, efficient, energy-saving and consumption reduction.
Foresight technology exploration and practice
Hydrometallurgy is the ultimate solution for the low-carbon development of the steel industry. In China Baowu Carbon Neutral Metallurgy Technology Roadmap, the hydrogen metallurgy process route with hydrogen-based vertical furnace as the core is also an important carbon neutrality process. As early as 2016, China Steel International made a forward-looking layout and tested the waters for a short process, and successively undertaken two 2.5 million tons DRI (direct iron reduction) projects in Algeria. By participating in these two world's highest single-line production capacity DRI projects, China Steel International has become the first Chinese engineering technology company to build a gas-based direct iron reduction project. Based on project practice, China Steel International has explored a lot of experience in vertical furnace furnace body design, process package design, etc.
At present, China Steel International is implementing new DRI projects in Algeria and Bolivia ; cooperating with Hegang Xuangang to create an hydrogen energy development and utilization engineering demonstration project. In the future, it will also work hard on green electricity hydrogen production and hydrogen energy utilization, and implement a larger-scale hydrogen reduction project; China Baowu Zhanjiang 1 million-ton hydrogen-based vertical furnace project under construction by China Steel International EP will be China's first 1 million-ton hydrogen-based vertical furnace. As an important measure for China Baowu to "strive to reduce carbon by 30% by 2035 and strive to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050", the project is pioneering and exemplary for the steel industry to achieve the "dual carbon" goal.
Baowu Zhanjiang Steel million-ton hydrogen-based vertical furnace project construction zhongjian
zhongjian International also cooperated with scientific research institutes and international leading enterprises to explore key common technologies of low-carbon metallurgy, promote the deep integration of technological innovation and the industrial chain, and promote the research and application transformation of low-carbon cutting-edge technologies with independent intellectual property rights.
Synergistically and efficiently reducing pollution and carbon reduction
Zhonggang Tiancheng, a subsidiary of Zhonggang International, focuses on air pollution control, has outstanding technical advantages in the comprehensive environmental protection and energy conservation management of multiple pollutants in the steel industry, and has extremely strong scientific research strength. It has won 2 2020 National Science and Technology Progress Awards. A series of independent research and development technologies represented by "Steel Kiln Fine Particle Ultra-Low Emission Technology" have made great contributions to the steel industry achieving ultra-low emissions and winning the battle to defend the blue sky. China Steel Tiancheng will continue to focus on the country's major strategic needs, accelerate the research and development of key core technologies, and make new contributions to the realization of "staining pollution reduction, carbon reduction and synergistic efficiency enhancement".
Carbon Asset Management and Consulting
The low-carbon development of the steel industry should adopt a mixed solution, and there are many ways to reduce carbon, but they are all based on the clear understanding of steel companies' carbon emissions in their own processes. The China Steel Safety and Environmental Protection Institute, a subsidiary of China Steel International, can provide government and enterprises with professional carbon asset management and consulting services throughout the entire life cycle, and provide systematic carbon emission management planning services.
China Steel Safety and Environmental Protection Institute's business covers safety, environmental protection, green development, inspection and inspection. It has the first batch of energy-saving and green development evaluation centers recognized by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. In recent years, it has undertaken a number of provincial and municipal climate change response plans, carbon peak action plans and assessments, and low-carbon pilot application work.
Strive to be the vanguard of digital transformation
2022 "Government Work Report" emphasizes "promoting the development of the digital economy" and "promoting the digital transformation of the industry", and continuously improving the digital level of the industrial field is the key path to achieve carbon peak and carbon neutrality in the industrial field. China Steel International takes the trend and actively explores, accelerates the construction of digital and intelligent , give full play to the empowering and leading role of digital technology in the development of the steel industry, and effectively improves the quality and efficiency of corporate products and services.China Steel International insists on innovation-driven, integrates digital concepts and technologies into products or services, realizes the reconstruction and innovation of business models, and strives to be the vanguard of digital transformation. China Steel International takes the accelerated promotion of digital design, , digital delivery, and digital twin factory capacity construction and improvement, and has formed a visible, tangible, well-used and popularizable digital factory represented by belt roasting pellets, hydrogen-based direct reduction vertical furnaces, and hydrogen-rich carbon cycle blast furnaces, to consolidate the foundation of the digital platform and contribute to the construction of China Baowu Smart Factory.
Green and low-carbon development has become the core proposition of the transformation and development of my country's steel industry, with huge challenges and a long way to go. Under the leadership and support of China Baowu, China Steel International has a stronger determination and confidence to build a leading enterprise in China's low-carbon metallurgy technology. In this full-cycle and full-process green revolution , China Steel International shoulders responsibilities and responsibilities, continues to promote low-carbon metallurgy technology innovation and engineering application, and at the same time strengthens digital empowerment, comprehensively enhances the core competitive advantages of low-carbon metallurgy, contributes to the high-quality development of China's Baowu ecosystem, and helps the steel industry achieve the "dual carbon" goal as soon as possible.
fully utilizes its advantages in international business and promotes the implementation of China Baowu's internationalization strategy
As the earliest enterprise to "go global" in the metallurgical industry, China Steel International has developed into an international first-class metallurgical engineering technology company, with footprints in more than 40 countries around the world, and enjoys a high reputation in the overseas metallurgical engineering market. Many projects undertaken by China Steel International have won the National Quality Engineering Award , and have been selected as the ENR world's largest 250 international contractors and the largest 250 global contractors for many years.
(I) The first step in market-oriented transformation: to move overseas
. In the context of the reform and opening up of China , China Steel International, which had a strong planned economic color, took the initiative and planned its layout, chose to transform to market, and took the first step overseas. Based on the government function of China Steel International that was responsible for the supply and introduction of complete equipment of the former Ministry of Metallurgy, it has accumulated more sensitive overseas tentacles and strong resource integration capabilities, in 2003, China Steel International proposed the development strategy of "based on domestic and developing overseas, focusing on developing overseas markets." Under the guidance of this strategy, China Steel International achieved a breakthrough from the supply of .75 million tons of bar rolling mill to the construction of a batch of the largest coking, blast furnace and sintering projects exported overseas by China at that time. The overseas market has also expanded from Turkey to Japan, India, South Africa, etc., and its international operations have gained a firm foothold.
(II) Breakthrough from organizational type to technological innovation
In 2013, riding on the east wind of the "Belt and Road" initiative, China Steel International clarified the "internationalization and diversification" strategy. In the same year, China Steel International seized the opportunity of the Middle East SISCO belt roaster pellet project, actively sought change and made another breakthrough - completing the transformation from early resource integration to providing system solutions to customers with technology as the core and creating value, international operations entered a period of steady growth.
At that time, only a few steel companies in China adopted belt roasting technology, and they all relied on imported technology. With its keen industry insight, China Steel International has seen the changing trends of blast furnace material structure and seen the future of belt pellet market and belt pellet technology. Driven by innovation, China Steel International has formed independent technology under strict standards through unremitting R&D investment, and has achieved its first application in Middle East projects. This project achieved a zero breakthrough in the technology and equipment of Chinese belt roasting machine pellets, filling the technical gap.
takes technological innovation in different subdivided fields and overseas engineering applications as the starting point. Sinosteel International simultaneously focuses on enhancing five core capabilities, namely strong marketing capabilities and a relatively complete international marketing network, strong professional integration capabilities centered on core technology and industrial chain business integration capabilities, strong and stable financing capabilities, strong strategic alliance capabilities, and strong integrated management capabilities that can meet the needs of large-scale complex international engineering.In this process, China Steel International replicated the business model of metallurgical engineering general contracting to related diversified business areas such as mining, electricity, energy conservation and environmental protection through actively developing the power engineering project market.
China Steel International actively implements the "Belt and Road" initiative, makes full use of domestic advanced and mature technology and complete equipment manufacturing capabilities, drives China's equipment, technology, standards and services to "go global", and helps steel enterprises in countries and regions along the "Belt and Road" to extend their product production chain. Up to now, China Steel International's international business has been implemented in 16 countries and regions along the "Belt and Road".
China Steel International EPC General contracted and constructed the Middle East SISCO 2.5 million tons/year belt roaster pellet project
(III) Customer first, establishing an honest and trustworthy brand image
Five core capabilities and system solutions are the "stepbrake" to win overseas projects, and customer trust is the "booster" of international operations. China Steel International has always put customer interests first and built an honest and trustworthy brand. This is the foundation of the survival of engineering companies and is engraved in the cultural genes of the company.
is different from the "100-meter race" of trading companies. The engineering project is a "marathon", which tests endurance, the endurance of providing services to customers, and the ability to win customers' trust. From the Indian JSPL coking project that has been persisting for 12 years to the Russian MMK coking project that is being fully promoted, in overseas operations, China Steel International’s first thought of customers is its customers; in a favorable situation, it is still considering how to create greater value for customers and truly achieve “contracting a project, establishing a brand, opening up, consolidating or expanding a market.”
Under the complex and changing international situation, customer trust further highlights its value. In the past two years, the global COVID-19 epidemic has been fluctuating and recurring, and international business has suffered multiple challenges and huge impacts. China Steel International went against the trend and signed several international orders in succession, including the EPC general contracting project of Tosyali Phase IV Comprehensive Steel Plant of Tosyali Algeria Phase IV Comprehensive Steel Plant in 2021; the contract amount of new overseas engineering projects reached 8.149 billion yuan; it ranked 6th on the list in the "2021 Ranking of Overseas Engineering General Contracting Turnover" released by China Survey and Design Association .
International development is also the most important work area for China Baowu in the future. Chen Derong, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of China Baowu, pointed out that "Internationalization development is the responsibility of China Baowu to implement the national 'Belt and Road' initiative and assume the mission of central enterprises. Carrying out international operations is the most important part of promoting China Baowu's overall strategic policy." China Steel International will give full play to its advantages and capabilities in international operations, promote the implementation of China Baowu's internationalization strategy, and strive to become the "main force" of China Baowu's 20% internationalization index; deeply participate in the asset layout and reconstruction of the global steel industry, continue to create value for overseas steel companies and escort the "going out" of China Steel companies.
2022 is the year of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, a critical year of the 14th Five-Year Plan, and a 50th anniversary of China Steel International’s construction of enterprises. After half a century of development, China Steel International has achieved a magnificent transformation from the ministries and commissions at that time. It not only made due contributions to the development and take-off of the steel industry in New China, but also became a first-class international metallurgical engineering technology company that is well-known at home and abroad.
Learn from history and look forward to the future. China Steel International will unite its heart and strength, maintain its determination, actively respond to difficulties and challenges, seize opportunities to plan development, be down-to-earth and work hard, and welcome the successful convening of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China with practical actions, and make new contributions to the comprehensive building of a modern socialist country and the realization of the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation!
Author | Chairman of China Steel International Engineering Technology Co., Ltd. Lu Pengcheng
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