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ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih to Start Construction on First CCM
04/07/2010 - OJSC ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih plans to begin construction of secondary metallurgy and continuous billet casting technology in April. The continuous casting machine (CCM) is a key part of the company’s modernization program and one of its investment obligations according to the sale and purchase agreement.
OJSC ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih plans to begin construction of secondary metallurgy and continuous billet casting technology in April. The continuous casting machine (CCM) is a key part of the company’s modernization program and one of its investment obligations according to the sale and purchase agreement.
This project will include construction of all related infrastructure and facilities such as an electrical substation, water treatment plant, and de-dusting unit. Capacity of the new CCM will be more than 1.2 million tonnes of steel per year. Start-up is targeted for September 2011.
The CCM will lead to more efficient and sustainable production, according to ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih, including the following advantages:
- 10% energy saving in steel production per tonne of steel
- The ladle furnace makes it possible to clean and alloy the liquid steel and to produce a wider range of product qualities
- Higher degree of automation ensures safer working conditions
- 10% reduction of emissions per tonne of billet in steelmaking
- 10% better yield, 90% higher availability.
“Building our first CCM is a true milestone in our enterprise development and an important step towards improving competitiveness of our products,” said Jean Jouet, CEO, ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih. “It marks the start of a journey from ingot casting route to state-of-the-art secondary metallurgy and continuous billet casting route. Worldwide today more than 80% of long products are being produced using continuous casting technology. Almost all our competitors in Ukraine have switched over to this technology or are in the process of building similar facilities. As our strategy is focused on modernization and efficiency improvement, we are moving to this modern…technology.”
Siemens VAI Austria and Siemens Ukraine have been chosen as principal technology suppliers and main designer to design, supply, and commission the facilities.
A large portion of the project—design and engineering, civil structural, and technological structural—will be developed and supplied locally. Siemens Ukraine will work with local contractors in Kryviy Rih and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
