The beginning of August marked an eventful period at ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, as the Ukrainian plant not only celebrated its 79th anniversary, but also 2 successful years of continuous casting.
The continuous casting department and facilities started operating in 2011, to fulfill the obligations undertaken as part of Kryvyi Rih’s sales and purchase agreement signed in October 2005. The project required a total investment of $120 million.
The continuous casting department today operates a ladle furnace as well as 6 radial-type strand billet casters, producing billets from carbon, structural and low-alloyed steel grades.
Mr. Paramjit Kahlon, COO of ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, said that “The construction of the continuous caster started exactly 38 months ago. At the time, we had set ourselves an ambitious target to complete the project in record time. Many people have worked towards this target, and their huge efforts finally paid off, as the project was completed in only 18 months, 5 months ahead of schedule. This is a record within ArcelorMittal, and possibly also beyond achieved thanks to the hard work of our experts, contractors and management alike”. (SteelGuru)