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ABOUT US
Bhutan Ferro Alloys Limited (BFAL) is a joint venture of the Royal
Government of Bhutan, Marubeni Corporation and Tashi Commercial
Corporation, the largest private Company in Bhutan. In addition to
the main promoters, the financial institutions, corporate bodies and
general public also hold Company’s shares.
BFAL was established in the year 1990 as per the Companies act of
Bhutan. The Company commenced its commercial production in April
1995. BFAL, which is now running for about 10 years, has excellent
track record in terms of consistent production, quality product and
customer service. The industrial
site, which is about 15 Kilometers from the main commercial town of
Phuentsholing, Bhutan, consists of 28.5 MVA Sub-merged Electric arc
furnace, Bag House Filter, Power distribution arrangement, Plunging
system for MgFeSi, Utilities, water system and various other
facilities of the international standard.
The state of the art production facility uses high quality of raw
materials. Gas Coke and Electrode Paste from China, other reductants
such as Low Ash Coal, Charcoal and Low Ash Metallurgical Coke are
being procured from India.
 The Company has its own captive mines to
procure Quartzite for its plant. Wood chips, abundantly available in
Bhutan are also being used as one of the reductants.
The Plant gets an uninterrupted power supply of 66Kv from the
sub-station of the Royal Government of Bhutan, which is being
stepped down to 22 KV/11 KV for the main furnace and the
auxiliaries.
The Plant has an installed capacity to produce 18000 tons of Ferro
Silicon. However, it has been consistently producing quality grade
of Ferro Silicon about 21000 tons per year. In addition to FeSi, the
plant is producing about 2400 tons of Magnesium Ferro Silicon, a
value added product for the SG Iron castings. The Plant is also
producing about 4200 ton of Silica Fume per year under the brand
name of “ Micro Silica”, a technical collaboration with Elkem Asa
Material, Norway.
Most of the above products are being sold to the Indian market, but
some quantities of Ferro silicon and Micro silica are being sold to
the Japanese, US, Singaporean and Chinese markets. Steps have been
taken to market Magnesium Ferro Silicon to the international market.
In order to consolidate its position as one of the major Ferro
alloys producers, the Company has already finalized the order for
procuring an 18 MVA smelting furnace to produce other Silicon and
manganese alloys. The proposed expansion will be commissioned
sometime during end of 2005.
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