2004-2006
- Project on reconstruction of HAMA Steel Works, Syria to produce annually 300 thousand ton of steel rebars, 50 thousand ton of galvanized pipes and forged items. Hares Engineering GmbH in cooperation with Voest-Alpine Fuchs Company, Germany has developed offer and won international tender for reconstruction of Hama Steel Works and the contract between Hares Company, Austria and General Company of Iron and Steel Products, Syria has been signed on 07.02.2005. The contract value was equal to 53 mln. USD. It’s fulfilling has been stopped by the Syrian side due to inner political reasons.
- Within the said agreement besides development of technical and economic plan on Hama reconstruction and bidding of the Hama project there was implemented the contact for supplying by VAF order the lifting device housing and roller guide housing, 2005-2006; project costs was equal to ~ 0,1 mln USD.
2005 – 2014
- In November, 2005 the Exclusive License Agreement with Kobe Steel Ltd., Japan on ITmk3® technology has been signed. This technology underlies break-through iron-making process and ITmk3 plant to produce 300 thousand ton of iron nuggets annually. Within the agreement the technology was marketing at CIS and MENA countries and the following projects were developed and implemented:
- Project on development of preliminary specification of ITmk3 plant and its feasibility for installation at INGOK of Smart Company, Ukraine, 2006-2007 * ; up-dated in 2012; project cost was equal to ~ 0,6 mln USD;
- Projects on development of preliminary specification of ITmk3° plant and its feasibility for installation at: a) Severnyi GOK ** and b) Yuzhnyi GOK operated by Metinvest, Ukraine, 2007-2009 * ; up-dated in 2010; projects’ cost was equal to ~1,5 mln USD;
- Project on development of preliminary specification of ITmk3° plant and its feasibility for installation at Kovdorsky GOK operated by EuroChem, Russia, 2008-2010; project cost was equal to ~0,4 mln USD;
- Project on development of preliminary specification of ITmk3° plant (three modules) with capacity of 1 mln ton of iron nuggets annually and its feasibility for installation at Kimkano-Sutarsky GOK owned by Aricom, Russia, 2008-2010 * * *; project cost was equal to ~0,6 mln USD;
- Project on development of preliminary specification of ITmk3° plant and its feasibility for installation (two sites) at for Joint Stock Company “United Metallurgical Company” (OMK), Russia, 2008-2011; project cost was equal to 0,5 mln USD;
- Project on preliminary design and engineering (permitting engineering) to establish ITmk3° plant for SBS Steel, Kazakhstan, 2008-2011(contract value is ~30 mln. USD);
- Project on development of preliminary specification of ITmk3° plant for JSC ‘Magnitogorskyi Steel Works, Russia; 2012; project cost was equal to ~0,2 mln USD;
- Project on development of preliminary specification of ITmk3° plant for LEKS ELECTA Ltd., Russia, 2012; project cost was equal to ~ 0,3 mln USD;
- Project on development of preliminary specification of ITmk3° plant for JSC ‘Uzmetkombinat’, Uzbekistan, 2013; project cost was equal to ~ 0,1 mln USD.
* audited by HATCH company, Canada
** GOK – iron ore mining enrichment complex
*** audited by Morgan Stanley, UK
***all the above-mentioned projects included testing of the relevant raw materials
- Project on design of the controlling system of “pusher-type furnace – gas-mixing station” of the wire mill for Arcelor Mittal in Kryvyi Rig, Ukraine, 2009-2010;
- Project on pre-commissioning of industrial control system for heating furnace of the wire mill at Arcelor Mittal in Kryvyi Rig, Ukraine, 2012;
- Project on design and engineering of electric sub-station “Djebel” with capacity of 2×25 MW with high-voltage line of 110 and 35 kilovolt for Lakos Group, Russia to be installed in Turkmenistan, 2012-2013;
- Project on energy consumption auditing and development of preliminary technical and economic solutions for energy-saving and optimization at six cheese-making factories and one sugar plant being members of Terra Food Group (Ukrainian 4th ranked cheese-making company) under EBRD intent of financing and reviewed by D’Appolonia, Italy as official engineering consultant of EBRD, 2013;
- Project on development of technical and economic solutions to install co-generator Jenbacher JMS 320 GS with capacity of 1 MW electric energy and 1,2 MW heat energy at Tulchin cheese-making factory, 2013.