ANTAM Signs EPC Contract Of Oxygen Plant No. 5 Of The Pomalaa Ferronickel Plant Expansion Project

The development of the 825 Nm3/h (O2) Oxygen Plant No. 5 with oxygen purity of 99.6% aims to increase the capacity of oxygen supply for the production of high quality low carbon ferronickel.

The development of Oxygen Plant No. 5 is package VII of the US$573 million Pomalaa Ferronickel Plants Expansion Project (P3FP). As at end of October 2013, ANTAM has spent Rp1.33 trillion for the P3FP.

P3FP consists of 8 packages, namely Package 1: Jetty & Facilities, Package II: Belt Conveyors, Package III: FeNi Plant-1, Package IV: Ladle Furnace, Package V: Ore Preparation & Calcination, Package VI: Electric Smelting Furnace, Package VII: Oxygen Plant and Package VIII: Development of 2x30 MW coal fired power plants.

Following completion of P3FP, ANTAM expects annual ferronickel production at Pomalaa may increase to 25,000-27,000 TNi from previous production levels of 18,000-20,000 TNi with the assumption of 1.9% nickel ore feed.