Converter Steelmaking
News about the production of steel using basic oxygen converters.
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Siemens and Baosteel Cooperate in Slag Granulation Solutions
30 June 2014 - Siemens Metals Technologies and Baosteel Engineering & Technology Group Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of the Baosteel group, will be cooperating in future in the granulation of slag produced in BOF converters and electric arc furnaces.
SMS Siemag’s Converter-Vessel Changing Concept Successfully Implemented at PT Krakatau-Posco Company
19 June 2014 - PT Krakatau-Posco Company (PTKP), Indonesia, and SMS Siemag (www.sms-siemag.com), Germany, have successfully put into operation the efficient converter-vessel changing concept involving a 300 ton change-vessel converter, a changing car as well as highly effective environmental technology for the converter shop.
Damping System From Siemens Reduces Vibrations of AOD Converters
04 June 2014 - A new damping system from Siemens Metals Technologies was brought into operation in March at the Steel Making Plant North of the Chinese producer, Taiyuan Iron & Steel.
Metinvest Group's Yenakiieve Iron and Steel Works Carries Out Major Overhaul of 160-ton BOF
30 May 2014 - Metinvest Group's Yenakiieve Iron and Steel Works carried out a major overhaul of its 160-ton basic oxygen furnace (BOF) with a partial reconstruction of gas offtake.
SMS Siemag to Revamp Converter C at Salzgitter Flachstahl
27 May 2014 - Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH has contracted SMS Siemag to revamp converter C in its Salzgitter, Germany, steelworks.
SMS to Supply Tulachermet Steel with Complete Steelworks, Two Light-Section Mills
29 April 2014 - Russia's Tulachermet Steel and the SMS group have concluded a contract for the supply of a complete steelworks with a connected continuous billet caster and two connected light-section mills.
Danieli Corus to Supply Sublance System for Taiwanese Stainless Steelmaker
13 March 2014 - After supplying more than 100 sublance systems for LD converters, Danieli Corus is now entering the market of stainless steel AOD converter shops.
Seven Sublance Systems from Danieli Corus Commissioned at JSW Steel
27 February 2014 - Danieli Corus has successfully commissioned the final two of seven sublance systems at JSW Steel in Toranagallu, Karnataka, India.
SMS Siemag Revamps Converter for Salzgitter Flachstahl
09 January 2014 - Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH, Germany, has successfully put into operation a new converter vessel supplied by SMS Siemag for converter A at the Salzgitter steelworks.
Severstal Completes Maintenance at Cherepovets Steel Mill
20 December 2013 - The Cherepovets Steel Mill, part of the Russian Steel division of OAO Severstal, completed capital maintenance of its No. 2 converter.
Siemens Jet Process Boosts Flexibility of Raw Material Use in Converter Steelmaking
29 November 2013 - With its Jet Process, Siemens Metals Technologies offers a solution for operating converters with up to 100% scrap and sponge iron.
Steel Plantech Makes Successful Hot Run of Hyundai Steel's Plant Expansion
28 November 2013 - Steel Plantech announced a successful hot run was held in early September 2013 of Phase III of the 4 million ton per year expansion of the No.2 steelmaking plant at Hyundai Steel’s Dangjin Works.
ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe Commissions New SMS Siemag Converter
20 November 2013 - After a modernization by SMS Siemag, the 400-ton converter at ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG successfully produced the first heat at the Duisburg-Bruckhausen Works in September 2013.
Ilyich Iron & Steel Works of Mariupol Completes Major Converter Overhaul
08 November 2013 - Metinvest Group’s Ilyich Iron & Steel Works of Mariupol, Ukraine, completed a UAH 55 million major overhaul of its Converter #3, as part of its strategic production modernization program.
Danieli Corus to Supply Two Sublance-Based BOF Process Control Systems for Chinese Steelmaker
01 November 2013 - Danieli Corus has been awarded an order for the design and supply of two complete sublance systems and a SDM level 2 model for Rizhao Steel Group in China.
Converter Successfully Revamped by SMS Siemag at ArcelorMittal Gent
28 October 2013 - ArcelorMittal Gent in Belgium successfully commissioned the converter modernized by SMS Siemag according to schedule.
ArcelorMittal Wins Top Industry Awards for Innovation and Sustainability
21 October 2013 - ArcelorMittal is proud to announce that it has won two awards at the World Steel Association’s "Steelies."
Oschatz Providing Three Converter Cooling Stacks for Chinese Steel Works
14 October 2013 - Germany-based plant constructor Oschatz was awarded a new contract from Baosteel Group Corp.
EVRAZ VÍTKOVICE Granted Permit to Operate Steel Mill
26 September 2013 - EVRAZ VÍTKOVICE STEEL, a.s. (EVS) in the Czech Republic has been granted an integrated permit for the operation of the steel mill from the Regional Authority of the Moravian-Silesian Region. Thanks to this permit EVS can continue to operate the steel mill with an obligation to implement the secondary dedusting of the convertor hall in the steel mill within next two years. The permit includes the obligation to perform other technical and organizational measures that help to further reduce emissions from the steel production.
ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe to Modernize Converter Plant and Waste-Heat Boiler at Duisburg-Bruckhausen
04 September 2013 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe is investing € 20 million in one of its core facilities in Duisburg. From 3 August to 17 September 2013 the company will be replacing the first of two converters and parts of the associated waste-heat boiler system at the Bruckhausen oxygen steelmaking plant (Ox 1).
