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Siemens Modernizes EAFs in Finland, Saudi Arabia
Jul. 22, 2010 - Siemens VAI Metals Technologies received orders to modernize electric arc furnaces for both the Saudi Iron and Steel Co. (Hadeed) and Outokumpu Oy. Both plants will be equipped with a new hydraulic system to improve the efficiency, availability, and productivity of the furnaces.

Mechel Commissions Steel Processing Equipment at Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant
Jul. 20, 2010 - Mechel OAO has commissioned the secondary steel processing equipment within the first stage of the arc-furnace meltshop #6 upgrade at Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant. Commissioned equipment includes the ladle furnace No. 2 for steel processing and a vacuum tank degasser for molten metal degassing.

Danieli Starts up Jumbo-Size Meltshop at Tokyo Steel
Jul. 9, 2010 - Danieli has successfully started up a 420-tonne twin-electrode DC EAF with continuous charge system — the largest EAF in the world — at Tokyo Steel’s Tahara Plant.

Tenova Goodfellow Installs Water Detection System at ArcelorMittal Contrecoeur Ouest
Jul. 1, 2010 - ArcelorMittal Contrecour Ouest has achieved EAF operating savings of over US$2.00 per ton liquid steel using the EFSOP® system installed by Tenova Goodfellow at its plant near Montreal. Tenova Goodfellow has also completed the installation of its EFSOP Water Detection System, which detects and alerts operators in real time of abnormal water events in the furnace.

Siemens to Modernize Slab Steel Works in Indonesia
Jun. 22, 2010 - Siemens has received an order from PT Krakatau Steel of Cilegon, Indonesia, to completely modernize its slab steel works no. 1. The modernized works is scheduled to come into production in the summer of 2012.

Tenova Core to Revamp EAF at Ivaco Rolling Mills
Jun. 10, 2010 - Tenova Core has been contracted to revamp the 75-ton electric arc furnace at Ivaco’s steelmaking facility in L’Orignal, Ont. The project features a new upper shell and new lower shell designed to fit the existing EAF tilt platform.

First Installation of Siemens LiquiRob at Riva Group EAF
May 13, 2010 - The Riva Group has become the first steel producer to use the Siemens LiquiRob robot system at an electric arc furnace. The technology has been installed in its French plant in Neuves-Maisons where it handles sampling and temperature and Celox measurements.

SMS Meer, SMS Concast to Supply Steelworks Complex in Bahrain
May 6, 2010 - United Steel Co. placed an order with SMS Meer and SMS Concast for the design and supply of a turnkey minimill plant for beams and sections in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The project, to be carried out with Samsung Engineering, is scheduled for completion by 2012.

Tenova to Supply High-Capacity Consteel EAF for new Feida Steel Plant in China
May 3, 2010 - Tenova will supply a 250 ton per hour Consteel® EAF to Beris-China for installation as part of Feida Group’s new steel plant in the Jangsu Province in China.

Tenova Goodfellow Technology Commissioned at Evraz Claymont Steel
Apr. 28, 2010 - Tenova Goodfellow has successfully closed another project at Evraz Claymont Steel with the commissioning of the EFSOP Holistic Optimization® technology on the existing 160-ton electric arc furnace.

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