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Athletes who excel at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris all have certain characteristics in common – they are precise and effective, and they showcase world-leading skills in their respective discipline. Interestingly, all of these features can also be found in Primetals Technologies’ Melt Expert electrode control system for electric arc furnaces (EAFs) and ladle furnaces (LFs). Recently, Primetals Technologies celebrated its 100th Melt Expert installation at a customer’s site in Turkey.

Ultra-compact and energy-effective Castrip plants were first installed in the U.S.A. and Mexico. In 2018, Shagang Group introduced Castrip technology to China at its plant in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province. Since then, Shagang Group has invested in three further Castrip lines. These new lines were implemented in just 12 months, with the latest becoming operational in June 2024.

Recently, ArcelorMittal granted the final acceptance certificate (FAC) to Primetals Technologies for a gas cleaning plant at its blast furnace No. 2 in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Silesia Voivodeship, Poland. The gas clecning plant is responsible for ensuring emissions from the blast furnace are in line with environmental norms.

Leading Italian steel producer Acciaieria Arvedi has recently tasked Primetals Technologies with an upgrade of its two vacuum degassers (VD) at the steel plant in Cremona, Italy. Arvedi plans to pioneer the production of electrical steels with the electric arc furnace (EAF) – LF – VD-OB route, as one of the world’s first steel producers to choose this approach.

Blastr Green Steel is an Oslo-based company with the mission to set new standards in green steel production. It has selected Primetals Technologies as technological partner for a DRI plant, an electric steelmaking meltshop, an Arvedi ESP line, and a continuous pickling and galvanizing line.