The Russian Uralmash-Izhora Group (OMZ) has placed an order with German plantmaker SMS Demag for the supply of a 120 metric ton electric arc furnace (EAF) to be installed at its St. Petersburg-based subsidiary OMZ Special Steels.
The new EAF, with an annual production capacity of 600,000 metric tons, is scheduled to be commissioned at the end of 2008.