Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works has finished reconstruction of the stove No. 2 at the blast furnace No. 5 “Severyanka”.
According to the company statement, investments in the project totaled 800 million rubles ($14 million).
“The reconstruction will allow increasing temperature to 1250 degrees C, improving the CherMK largest blast furnace efficiency and decreasing coke usage, as well as pig iron prime cost”, the company noted.
The blast furnace No. 5 is the largest in Europe as to volume. Its project capacity is over 4 million tons per year. The furnace covers some 50% of the works need in pig iron. (Ukrainian metal)
