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.

• Reduced production costs due to fewer breakouts
• Increased plant availability and less time spent on maintenance
• On-site commissioning by Primetals Technologies China and remote support from Primetals Technologies Austria
• Project realized within just three months despite travel restrictions

• Optimized vessel design with increased volume for easier production
• Maintenance-free suspension system
• New exchange bottom concept with reliable sealing
• Reliable and well experienced consortium for execution with regional installation partner

Conversion of wide hot-strip mill to increase production and expand product range to include high-strength and thin-gauge hot strip

• Cooperation agreement signed in April 2021
• Strengthens Primetals Technologies worldwide offering for pelletizing and beneficiation plants