Luxembourg, 13 March 2019. By October 2020, EVRAZ will complete a technical upgrade of No. 6 Blast Furnace of their integrated steel works NTMK located at Nizhnij Tagil in the Urals, Russia. The modernization will concern all systems of the existing installation and enables increasing the nominal capacity by about 40% compared to the previous campaign design. With a hearth diameter of 9.8 meters and an inner volume of 2,200 cubic meters, the new furnace will be able to produce 2.5 million tons o ...

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Joint focus on green hydrogen by industrialisation of electrolysis and Power-to-Liquid technology for large scale commercial projects. Plant builder Paul Wurth provides access to global metals industry, which increasingly uses renewable hydrogen. Current Sunfire investors participate again in new round. Dresden & Luxembourg, 7 January 2019. Sunfire GmbH, developer and manufacturer of high efficient electrolysers and fuel cells, secured 25 million euros venture capital in a series C f ...

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Tosyali Algeria 2.5 Million Tons/Year MIDREX NG™ Direct Reduction PlantBethioua (Oran), ALGERIA - Dr. Suhat Korkmaz, CEO of Tosyali Holding, recently announced completion of the state-of-the-art direct reduction ironmaking plant capable of simultaneous production of hot and cold direct reduced iron (HDRI and CDRI), which will feed the electric arc furnace (EAF) melt shop of a new Tosyali Algeria iron and steel facility. The announcement followed a site visit by Youcef Yousfi, Algeria Minister ...

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After a hearth condition assessment which identified some spots in critical state, Acciaieria Arvedi awarded Paul Wurth an order for an urgent repair at No. 3 Blast Furnace at their Trieste works in Italy.Paul Wurth’s scope of services covered engineering and execution of the salamander tapping, engineering for hearth lining replenishment, supply of carbon based material and site jobs supervision. The preparation work commenced immediately after the agreement on 9th of May, so that salamander ...

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ASMET, the Austrian Metallurgists’ Association is hosting the 8th International Congress on Science and Technology of Ironmaking, which will take place at Schloss Schönbrunn in Vienna, Austria, from 25 - 28 September 2018.Paul Wurth, your leading partner in the primary processes of integrated steel production, will present the following papers: ENERGY EFFICIENT AND LOW EMISSION SINTER COOLING – Tuesday 25th, at 10:45 in room 8 THE POSSIBILITY OF SIGNIFICANT BF-HEARTH LINING LIFE EXTENSIO ...

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