Afrox announced recently that it had won a R35m gas and welding supply contract for the International Ferro Metals (IFM) Buffelsfontein ferrochrome production facility, in South Africa’s North West province – according to Creamer Media’s Engineering News.
The five-year contract is due to include bulk liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), oxygen and carbon dioxide, as well as compressed gases and welding consumables. The Afrox bulk products would be employed primarily during chrome ore pelletising, with LPG used for heating during the sintering stage, and oxygen for tap hole lancing at the smelter.
“Gas comprises an important component of the chrome ore sintering and ferrochrome smelting process and any disruptions to supply seriously compromises our production obligations,” explained IFM South Africa COO, Mike Horn.
IFM SA said that support logistics considerations were, therefore, pivotal to the contract award and added that Afrox had a good track record in southern Africa for supplying large-scale metals processing projects similar to Buffelsfontein.
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