BF rebuild with Danieli Corus technology featuring “Hoogovens” design cooling and lining system.

Leading Russian steel producer Severstal has successfully commissioned the blast furnace #3 at its Cherepovets integrated plant.

• Enables SUNSCO to build a stable position in the market with the growing demand for thinner building materials
• First application in Vietnam, with optimized roll forces for thinner building materials
• Enables to produce high quality materials as thin as 0.2 millimeters, and to reduce costs
• Employing smaller diameter work rolls to reduce rolling loads
• Mill concept to save investment and maintenance costs

thyssenkrupp Steel has successfully completed the first phase of hydrogen tests on “Blast Furnace 9“ in Duisburg. In recent months, several tests on one of the 28 tuyères of this blast furnace could be conducted, while complying with corona requirements, among them some long-term tests.

Over 1 Mtpy of long products produced in endless casting-rolling with just one casting strand

The largest private Bangladeshi company, Bashundhara Group, ordered from Danieli a MIDA endless-casting rolling minimill to produce more than 1 Mtpy of rebar and wirerod for the local market.

Production Management System controls processes of steel mill

Chinese steelmaker HBIS TangSteel New District (former HBIS Laoting Steel) and PSI signed in November 2020 the go-live acceptance of the PSImetals modules Planning/Scheduling, Production, Quality, Order Dressing, as well as some PSI developed project-specific components.

• Specialized rolling mill for copper foil ensures minimum thickness of 0.006 mm
• Maximum speed of 800 meters per minute with stable rolling
• Primetals Technologies to supply all the mechanical and electrical equipment and shape and thickness control devices

Chinese producer Shanxi North Copper New Material Technology Co., Ltd. (NC) has placed an order with Primetals Technologies to supply a copper foil reversing mill for its production site in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province. The rolling line is composed of cluster mills (X-Mill) specifically designed to roll foils of non-ferrous materials, ensuring a stable and highly efficient production. Start-up is expected in 2022.