Kalistani Major History

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Kalistani Republic
Sulari Steelworks at Sulari Opens
First Coils and Slabs run ahead of Schedule
Sulari, Suldanor District
March 12, 3999


Sulari Steelworks projects to begin producing 16 million tons of Steel a year within 12 months

In the last year of the Millennium, Kalistan opened the final piece of the KALNAFERCO operation at Sulari.  Named the Sulari Steelworks, the modern Cyclone Converter Furnace mill features smelting and forge operations, as well as refining, rolling, and shipping facilities.  Originally planned for the Bong Valley region, the Mill was moved following concerns by environmentalists over the environmental destruction that additional heavy industry in the region would generate.  The decision was then made to construct the mill, for the sum of 1.2 billion Rubles, at Sulari, and consolidate the planned Kalistani National Ore Refinery at the Mill.  The Steel Mill also contains a powered coke mill and a flux mill, for refining coal and lime and other minerals respectively, which are both used in the steel refining process.


Inaugural Slabs of Steel, on their way to the Eco-Pickling Surface (EPS) process at Sulari Steelworks, before being sent out to market

Immediately following the opening of the mill, the first ore was refined and rolled at the mill.  Following the run, the mill began full time, 24 hour operation, running 3 shifts daily.  Since the refining process is a long process, and is constantly going, any shut downs at the mill will need to be planned well in advance.  Initially, there will be two refining processes operating simultaneously, but within a month, this number will be expanded to six, and then by the time the entire operation is fully operational, slabs will be poured at the rate of between 55 and 75 30-ton slabs an hour.


The Inaugural Run of the 80 inch "Hotstrip", Sulari Steelworks' rolling plant, which takes slabs and turns them into sheet metal

The Sulari Steelworks uses the newest technology of steel manufacture.  The use of the Cyclone Converter furnace dramatically reduces the need for coke, which cuts down both on carbon emissions as well as coke slag, both of which reduce the pollution from the mill.  The mechanical pickling process, which replaces the acid pickle and oil process traditionally used, further reduces the pollution created from the mill by completely eliminating the need for harsh industrial solvents.  Over all, the Government of Kalistan anticipates that the environmental impact of the mill will be minimal, especially compared to other steel mills currently operating in Terra.  The Environmental impact will at last be reduced by a conscientious industrial waste mitigation program.

In all, the Sulari Steelworks promises to propel Kalistan into the next century at the head of industrial development, and shall supply the new Industrial revolution in Kalistan.