Steel Mills (EAF Route)
Scrap-based EAF mini-mill packages — the proven, economical route to local long-product steel capacity in markets without domestic coking coal.
What this solution is, and who it's for.
Integrated blast-furnace plants have stalled across much of the emerging world because coking coal, coke ovens, and the capex behind them simply do not fit the economics. The EAF route does.
Sinovolt delivers complete scrap-to-billet-to-product mini-mills — scrap yard, EAF, ladle refining, continuous casting, and rolling — sized to match market demand, with a clear upgrade path to DRI when local gas supply makes it feasible.
Every component of the facility, delivered under one contract.
Civil design inputs, process equipment, electrical, piping, automation, auxiliary systems, commissioning, training, and post-handover support — all included.
- Scrap yard, magnet crane, preheating bay
- Electric Arc Furnace (10 – 80 ton tap) with transformer, water-cooled panels, oxygen lancing
- Ladle refining furnace (LRF) for quality control
- Continuous casting machine (billet caster, 100–150 mm typical)
- Rolling mill for rebar, wire rod, light sections
- Fume extraction and baghouse
- Water treatment and recirculation
- Power distribution substation, flicker compensation
- Automation and level-2 process control
- Mechanical workshop, spare-parts warehouse
- Training and supervised ramp-up
Capacity and capability envelope.
Actual project parameters are engineered against site conditions and client requirements. The ranges below describe the envelope of what we deliver.
| Parameter | Range |
|---|---|
| Capacity | 300,000 – 800,000 t/y |
| Furnace size | 30 – 60 t typical |
| Products | Rebar, wire rod, light structural sections |
| Power demand | 35 – 90 MVA |
| Plot area | 15 – 40 ha |
The six-step path from scope to handover.
Every Sinovolt project runs on the same disciplined sequence. Below is how it maps onto this solution.
Scope
Outcome-first conversation. Throughput targets, site realities, permitting, budget — resolved before any specification lands.
Design
Preliminary engineering package: flowsheet, layout, utilities, civil inputs, single-line diagram, total equipment list.
Source
Tiered China-supply-chain sourcing with QC and factory acceptance testing before shipment.
Build
Consolidated shipment, civil coordination, mechanical erection, electrical, piping, instrumentation.
Commission
Cold and hot commissioning, performance test against guaranteed parameters, trained operator handover.
Support
Warranty, spares, remote diagnostics, technician dispatch, upgrade paths — long-term partnership.
What breaks this solution elsewhere, and how we engineer around it.
EAF route avoids the coking-coal dependency that has stalled integrated BF-BOF plants across sub-Saharan Africa
Phased path: EAF first → DRI module later when gas supply economics mature
Scrap sourcing network design (domestic collection plus imported scrap from US, EU, Japan)
Captive gas-fired power option where the grid is unreliable
Request a detailed technical brief for Steel Mills.
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