UK-based plantmaker Primetals Technologies has announced that it will supply an electric arc furnace (EAF) for Italian steel producer Acciaieria
Arvedi S.p.A. to be installed in the steelmaker's Cremona plant. The new EAF with an annual capacity of up to 1.57 million mt of crude steel will reduce specific conversion costs of electric steel production by around 20 percent. The order also includes a complete dedusting system for primary, secondary and auxiliary emission sources with a heat recovery system to reuse the thermal power from the furnace off-gas to produce steam for the pickling lines. The new EAF is scheduled to go on stream in the summer of 2016.
The new EAF will increase the yearly production by 20 percent, from 1.1 million mt to 1.35 million mt per year. Primetals Technologies said that overall CO2 emissions can also be cut by up to 30 percent per metric ton of crude steel.
Acciaieria
Arvedi S.p.A. is part of the
Arvedi Group based in Cremona,
Italy. The plant has two fully equipped plants for producing flat steel products. Production focuses mainly on special steels, in particular high-strength steels and dual-phase steel (DP), as well as thin and ultra-thin sheet metal sheets which can replace cold rolled products in many applications.