No.1 BF of Brazilian CST is beating records

Thursday, 02 October 2003 14:36:28 (GMT+3)   |  

No.1 BF of Brazilian CST is beating records

According to recent news in the market, Brazilian steel mill CST (Companhia Siderúrgica de Tubarão) has broken a world record of pig iron production with the volume of 64'890'038 tons in a single product. No.1 BF (blast furnace) of CST, which started operating on November 30, 1983, being as the largest furnace in America continent, produces an average of 10'300 tons of pig iron daily and 3.7 million tons per annum. Meanwhile, the company plans to revamp the furnace by 2008 to extend variety of its products.

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