German-based plantmaker SMS Siemag has announced that it has successfully commissioned an electric steelmaking plant at Taganrog Metallurgical Works (Tagmet), part of TMK Group, one of the largest manufacturers of pipe steel grades for the oil, gas and civil engineering industry in Russia. The plant at the Taganrog location has an annual production of 1 million mt of steel.
The new electric steelmaking plant of SMS Siemag meets the required high environmental standards by means of advanced gas cleaning technology and the feeding of filter dusts back into the melting process.