Market research on complete equipment for pellet production

1、 Preface

Oxidized pellet ore is a high-quality raw material for blast furnace ironmaking and direct reduction of iron. In the past 70 years of development, China's pellet industry has gone through arduous and remarkable growth, from scratch, from small to large, from few to many, from the introduction of complete sets of technology and equipment, the outsourcing of core heat-resistant components, to the possession of independent intellectual property rights for technology and equipment. Nowadays, China's pellet mining production technology, equipment, and heat-resistant parts have undergone a huge transformation from the previous overseas import "bringing in" to the current export overseas "going out".

2、 The technology and main equipment for producing pellet mines

There are three production technologies for oxidized pellet: vertical furnace technology, grate rotary kiln technology, and belt roaster technology. The main equipment includes high-pressure roller mill, intensive mixer, ball making disc, chain grate machine, rotary kiln, belt roaster, etc.

The equipment for producing oxidized pellets for blast furnaces using the world's first grate rotary kiln technology was manufactured by Metso in the United States. Before 2009, the core technology and heat-resistant components of the grate machine rotary kiln oxidized pellet mineral production line with a scale of over 1.2 million tons in China relied on imports. For example, the core technology of the 5 million tons/year pellet mineral production line in Ezhou, Wuhan Iron and Steel Group, which was put into operation in 2006, adopted Meizhuo technology, and the heat-resistant components of the key equipment grate machine were imported from Meizhuo. With the commissioning and operation of Baosteel Zhanjiang red ore pellet chain grate rotary kiln production line, which has independent intellectual property rights and the largest single production capacity in China in 2009, the era of localization of this technology and equipment in China has begun.

The 4 million tons/year belt roasting pellet production line of Shougang Jingtang Company, which was put into operation in 2008, and the 5 million tons/year belt roasting pellet production line of Baosteel, which was put into operation in 2015, both use Outotec's technology and equipment from Germany.

3、 New domestic pellet projects from 2021 to 2023

The supply of new pellet projects and equipment in China from 2021 to 2023 is shown in Tables 1, 2, and 3. From Tables 1, 2, and 3, it can be seen that, except for one suspended project, there were 19 new pellet projects built in 2021; The number of new baseball projects to be built in 2022 is 12;

4、 Situation of foreign baseball projects from 2021 to 2023

The supply of new pellet projects and equipment in China from 2021 to 2023 is shown in Tables 4, 5, and 6. From Tables 4, 5, and 6, it can be seen that there were a total of 13 dynamic overseas team projects in 2021. Apart from planned and suspended projects, there were nine projects in execution and implementation. There are a total of 21 dynamic overseas team projects in 2022, and apart from planned and suspended projects, there are 12 projects in execution and implementation.

5、 Summary

Through the analysis and statistics of domestic and foreign pellet projects from 2021 to 2023, it has been determined that there will be 28, 24, and 32 global new pellet projects with clear suppliers, totaling 84 projects in three years, including 40 domestic projects and 44 foreign projects. Foreign projects are on the rise and surpassing domestic projects, with domestic equipment suppliers responsible for supplying the majority of new pellet projects worldwide.