Italian plantmaker Danieli has announced that Brazilian steelmaker Gerdau has started production at its new meltshop, located in Santa Fe, Argentina, supplied by Danieli.
For Gerdau’s green-field meltshop, Danieli has supplied all the main technological and auxiliary equipment, including a new electric arc furnace, a ladle furnace, a complete material handling system, a three-strand continuous caster and a complete water treatment plant.
The new plant has an annual nominal capacity of about 650,000 mt of 130 mm square billets in low and medium carbon steel.