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Book of Records
We thought we would share some interesting records taken from MII's Order Book
over the last 19 years...
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SHORTEST JOB
Removal and transportation of already dismantled Coil Wrapping Machine from North Wales
to a South Wales Steel Works site.
One man and low loader - four hours
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LARGEST LOAD RELOCATED
The largest load relocated to date would be the Gas Cleaning Plant Scrubber Unit and
De-Mister Unit, for the No.5 Blast Furnace Rebuild Project at Corus Port Talbot.
Due to their physical sizes (not weight) these Units could not be transported by road,
and were therefore shipped from Newport Docks to Port Talbot Docks.
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The short distance by road from Llanwern to Newport Dock was very hazardous and needed a lot of
street furniture (traffic lights, bollards, barriers, central reservation light units, overhead
obstructions, etc.) removing to give clear movement. The Police would only allow us to carry out
the removal on a Sunday.
The loads were approximately 20 metres long and 6 metres diameter.
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LARGEST SINGLE MII LTD WORKFORCE
The largest workforce from MII Ltd would be on the No. 5 Blast Furnace Rebuild Project at
Corus Port Talbot. For the duration of the project and across the six divisions we had up
to 300 engineers, specialists and tradesmen involved on site.
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LONGEST PROJECT
Shape and Profile Upgrade on Hot Mills at British Steel Works Llanwern and Port Talbot.
Ran for well over 2 years, working at extended Shutdown Periods (Summer and Christmas).
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LARGEST SINGLE JOB
The No.5 Blast Furnace Rebuild Project at Corus Port Talbot is our largest job to date,
involving all six divisions working on the following:
• Coal Injection Plant
• Gas Cleaning Plant
• Secondary BOS Fume Extraction Plant
• Raw Materials & Discharge Equipment
• Interconnecting Ductwork between Fume Extraction Plant and Casthouse
• Pipework on Furnace
• Installation of all fire protection equipment to
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The above jobs included Mechanical, Relocations, Pipework, Electrical, Demolition,
Fire Division and CDM Principal Contractor.
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QUIRKIEST JOB
The expression "Teaching your Grandmother to suck eggs" came to mind when we were contracted to
assist a small independent South Korean steel processing company.
In the West we are led to believe that our Eastern competitors are way ahead of us in technology
and approach to production but our involvement here disproved this theory...
The company had bought three small Rolling Mills and had received instruction from the makers on
operation. Unfortunately they did not feel they needed instruction on maintenance. After about
six months the 3 Mills were in a very poor state and not producing to full availability. They
tried to blame the maker, but this was thrown out. However, the maker (who MII Ltd have had a
strong and happy relationship over many years) suggested the company contact MII Ltd for their
assistance
MII Ltd sent 4 experienced tradesmen to Korea to set up a full Maintenance Procedure including
compiling schedules, lists of spares, consumables, etc, and instructing local labour on
maintenance techniques.
The contract was originally expected to run for one year but, after about six months, they were
so happy with the results achieved, they felt they no longer needed our services.
Contact with the company over the year after leaving site revealed they were operating at nearly
full availability and achieving quality results.
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INTERNATIONALITY
The furthest job MII Ltd has undertaken to date has been in China.
One engineer supervising local labour on the installation of a Rolling Mill in BOHAI, China.
The furthest enquiry MII Ltd has undertaken to date has been in Australia.
We visited South Australia to quote for the relocation of Process Lines in an Aluminium Works.
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