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Shougang Hierro Peru’s 10-Million-Ton Mineral Concentrates Expansion Project Completed

Release Time:2018-10-30 14:10:00

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On July 31st, 2018, on the far east coast of the Pacific Ocean, nearly 500 representatives from all parties gathered in the Marcona Mine area of the Shougang Hierro Peru Company, with colorful flags flying under the clear sky, and witnessed the completion of the 10-million-ton Mineral Concentrates Expansion Project of Shougang Hierro Peru.

Chinese Ambassador to Peru Jia Guide, Peruvian Energy and Mines Minister Francisco Attilo Ismodes, President of Ica Region Fernando Jose Hiyonis, Vice President of Shougang Group Han Qing and representatives of design, construction and supervision units participating in the expansion project took part in the project completion ceremony.

During the construction of the 10-Million-Ton Mineral Concentrates Expansion Project of Shougang Hierro Peru, under the strong support of all circles from China and Peru, Shougang Group fully leveraged its collaborative efficiency and independent integration, and worked closely at home and abroad to overcome adverse factors, including completing heavy tasks on a tight schedule and others, creating a miracle in Peruvian engineering construction and a new construction model for Shougang’s overseas engineering projects. The construction of the project not only deepened the friendship between China and Peru and promoted the local economic and social development, but also effectively promoted export of the “made-in-China” and established Chinese brand.

It is understood that, in response to market conditions, the expansion project was divided into two stages. At the first stage, the construction of the power supply and distribution and raw ore production system was started in August 2014 and completed in December 2016. At the second stage, the construction of new ore dressing plants and desalination plants was started in June 2016 and completed in July 2018. After the completion of the New District Project, the annual production capacity of Shougang Hierro Peru can reach more than 20 million tons, reaching the international first-class level and becoming an important support point for Shougang’s overseas development strategy.

At the completion ceremony, Peruvian Energy and Mines Minister Francisco Attilo Ismodes, on behalf of President Vizcarra, offered congratulations on the completion of the project. He said that the President had praised in the State of the Union speech the fact that the Shougang project had created a miracle, as it was completed in such a short time.

Ambassador Jia Guide expressed his congratulations on the completion of the 10-million-ton Minerals Concentrates Expansion Project of Shougang Hierro Peru in his speech. He pointed out that Shougang Hierro Peru, which was the earliest to enter Latin America, had made a leap again at present. This project was an important achievement of the cooperation between China and Peru and the first project landing in Latin America of the “Belt and Road” Initiative, which reflects China’s confidence in the development prospects of Peru and the sustainable development of the relationship between China and Peru.

In a thank-you speech, Han Qing pointed out that the completion of the expansion project was not a finishing point, but a starting point for the development of Shougang Hierro Peru. Shougang Group will continue supporting the development of Shougang Hierro Peru as it did in the past. He asked the Hierro Peru team to fully rely on employees in Peru, and carry out scientific management and standard operation, to ensure the new system was debugged smoothly and put into production as soon as possible, so as to contribute more to society through good operation.

Leaders of the Shougang Hierro Peru Company welcomed leaders and guests who participated in the project completion ceremony.

Shougang Hierro Peru Company is the first large-scale investment project in Latin America after China’s reform and opening up. In 1992, with the courage to do business as a pioneer, Shougang embarked on the road of overseas mergers and acquisitions. It spent US $120 million on purchasing 98.4% of the shares of the Hierro Peru Company and the permanent mining rights, exploration rights and management rights of its 670.7-square-kilometers mining area, becoming the first Chinese state-owned enterprise to successfully acquire a foreign company. Hierro Peru Company has four major production processes: mining, mineral separation, pelletizing and transshipment. Its final products include blast furnace pellets, straight pellets, fine powder, crude fine powder and coarse-grained mine. From 2013 to 2016, the annual output of iron ore powder exceeded more than 10 million tons.



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