Swiss-based group Duferco is planning to upgrade its integrated works at Carsid in the coming months in order to improve group's
slab and
plate capacity in
Belgium.
In order to increase
slab supply to group's Belgian
plate operation Clabecq, company, investing €20 million, will upgrade the caster downstream of the blast furnace of the
slab mill and instal a vacuum oxygen degassing (VOD) unit.
The officials of the company state that Carsid, a joint venture between Arcelor and Duferco located in
Belgium, will keep its annual
production which is around 1.9 million tons and the project aims to improve the
slab size from current 1.600 mm to 1.850 mm for
plate rolling. Hence, Clabecq will be able to substitute annual 300'000 tons of
slab which it purchases from Arcelor's Dunkirk operation.