On Nov 15, it was known that, CIE officially signed the EP contract of the 2×500m2 sintering waste heat generation project with the Baotou Iron and Steel (Group) Limited Liability Company. The project is another waste heat generation EP project of CIE after CIE has signed several waste heat generation projects with Hualin Xiangsteel and Fangda Special Steel Technology Co, Ltd., it is also the sinter machine waste heat utilization project with the biggest single machine area domestically.