The additional ladle furnace will also enable all the steel treatment to be brought together into a single section of the plant. This will reduce annual operating costs by approximately € 10 million. The project is scheduled to be completed by the beginning of 2017.
The Cherepovets Combine in the Vologda region is part of the "Severstal Russian Steel" Division of PAO Severstal and is one of the world’s largest integrated iron and steel works. It produced around 11.3 million t of liquid steel in 2014. The volume of steel product sales amounted to 10.6 million t. The steel is used to make a large number of end products, including hot- and cold-rolled flat steel, galvanized and coated products, and long products. The Cherepovets converter steel works has three converters, each with a capacity of 350 t. Until now, only one ladle furnace has been available for treating liquid steel.
Primetals will be responsible for engineering the twin ladle furnace, the alloying system, the dedusting system, and will supply key components. The scope of supply also includes the associated electrical and automation equipment. The company will also supervise the installation and commissioning, and provide the staff training. Severstal will be responsible for the technical documentation development and the construction activities. The company invests approximately € 43 million to expand of its treatment capacity. Severstal and Primetals can look back on many years of close cooperation. The last order involved Primetals installing a secondary dedusting system in the Cherepovets converter steel works, which has now been in operation since the end of 2014.
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