The blast furnace An of Jingye Group was officially ignited and opened.

On the afternoon of March 24, the ignition opening ceremony of No. A blast furnace of Jingye Group was solemnly held at the site of No. A blast furnace in the southern district. Cadres at and above the ministerial level in the production system and representatives of Hebei Yecheng No. 5 Company, the construction unit of the No. A blast furnace, jointly witnessed this exciting moment.

The southern district capacity replacement project is an industrial upgrading project implemented with the support of the county party committee and county government. The project, with a total investment of 5.46 billion yuan, is a key project for Jingye Group to actively eliminate backward production capacity, eliminate excess capacity, carry out capacity reduction and replacement, and improve the level of equipment, energy conservation and environmental protection in response to the requirements of the state's supply-side structural reform. it will reduce iron production capacity by 997500 tons and steel production capacity by 400000 tons, making due contributions to the elimination of excess capacity in the iron and steel industry in Hebei Province. Among them, the investment of No. A blast furnace is 1.606 billion yuan, including 1500m3 blast furnace, 4 hot blast stoves, BPRT blower and other supporting facilities. The project uses the most advanced technology in the metallurgical industry, in strict accordance with the group's "four first-class" policy, high standards for construction.

At the beginning of the ceremony, Jiao Baogui, vice president of the group and chief commander of the Southern District Project Department, Jiao Baogui, deputy commander of the construction unit, Ren Jinquan, minister of the first ironmaking department, and Kang Xueyuan, deputy general manager of Hebei Ye Jian Fifth Company, spoke successively, sharing the numerous difficulties in the process of blast furnace construction and the deeds of the construction personnel strictly implementing the "four first-class" high standards of the dedicated blast furnace, and introduced that in order to ensure the safe and smooth start-up of the blast furnace, The work done to achieve the goal of "reaching production as soon as it is put into production". Vice President Kang Xueyuan pointed out that the operation of the No. A blast furnace on time and according to quality is the key to accomplishing the task target for the whole year. It is necessary to meet both the output and cost standards, strive for excellence in management, and realize clean production, green production, and efficient production. We will resolutely achieve production in the same month and reach production in the same month, and all indicators have reached the best level in the country.

Finally, Chairman Li Gangpo made a speech, pointing out that after untold hardships, overcoming the epidemic and other difficulties, the construction of blast furnace A was finally successful. I would like to express my heartfelt thanks and warm congratulations to the builders and trial producers of the blast furnace. Chairman Li stressed that the completion of the blast furnace is not the goal, the more important thing is to achieve production and efficiency, and put forward three requirements: first, to ensure safety in production, to do it bit by bit according to the plan, and to remind the relevant personnel not to be careless; second, in the face of the largest blast furnace in the history of dedication, it must be opened scientifically and must not be empiricism, otherwise the consequences will be serious. Third, blast furnace tapping is not the standard of trial production, and the standard of successful trial production is the lowest cost and the highest output of the same equipment.

From the start of ground breaking in April 2020 to the start of ignition, the No. A blast furnace has been completed and put into operation after 10 months. The construction of the blast furnace has experienced the winter of difficult construction and the Spring Festival when it is difficult for personnel to gather, as well as the unprecedented epidemic situation of novel coronavirus, facing many difficulties, such as road closure, lack of transportation of equipment, lack of accommodation for personnel, and so on. However, all the participants worked hard day and night to rush the construction schedule and protect the nodes, and with full enthusiasm, high fighting spirit and pragmatic style, the A blast furnace was put into production on time and quality smoothly.

At 18:18, Vice President Kang Xueyuan announced the official ignition. Passionate flames were kindled in the furnace of No. A blast furnace, and warm applause at the scene resounded through Shili Steel City for a long time, pushing the lighting ceremony to the most exciting part.

The smooth commissioning of the No. A blast furnace has improved the overall equipment level of the dedicated Group, marked a new level for the dedicated iron and steel industry, and laid a solid foundation for the Group to speed up transformation and upgrading and high-quality development.