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Danieli India supplying segments and mould assemblies for slab-caster plants

Today, during the first International Decarbonisation Forum held in Kyiv, Metinvest, the international vertically integrated group of steel and mining companies (hereunder “Metinvest” or “the Group”), signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Primetals Technologies, an international pioneer in the fields of engineering, plant building and lifecycle services for the metals industry.

• EAF Quantum furnace and twin ladle furnace have a tapping weight of 120 metric tons
• Very low electrical energy and low electrode consumption
• High productivity through low tap-to-tap time
• Plant concept reduces working costs and CO2 emissions

Additive manufacturing is experiencing a significant upswing in the steel industry. Ugitech, a Swiss Steel Group company, has dedicated itself to this trendy topic and, with UGIWAM®, offers special steel of different compositions for the wire-based additive manufacturing process. Whether austenitic, martensitic or ferritic, duplex wire or nickel-based wire, Ugitech enables perfect adaptation to different requirements and applications.

• SUNSCO to build a stable position in the market with the growing demand for thinner building materials
• First application of Hyper UC-mill in Vietnam, with optimized roll forces for thinner building materials
• Producing high quality materials of 0.1mm in thickness and to reduce costs
• Employing smaller diameter work rolls to realize thinner material rolling
• Mill concept to save investment and maintenance costs

• Successful first tests of HYFOR performed at the pilot plant at the voestalpine site in Donawitz
• Use of 100% Hydrogen as reduction agent lowers CO₂ footprint close to zero
• Low Opex and Capex cost as no agglomeration step is required
• Only process worldwide using iron ore concentrate fines with 100% particle sizes smaller than 0.15 mm
• Modular plant design to match individual customer requirements

Digital solution connects steel melt shop operations with ladle and crane tracking and thermal loss prediction for higher casting speeds and additional output of 24,000 tonnes per annum

SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall have now produced the world’s first hydrogen-reduced sponge iron at a pilot scale. The technological breakthrough in the HYBRIT initiative captures around 90% of emissions in conjunction with steelmaking and is a decisive step on the road to fossil-free steel.