Modernization of the steelmaking facilities at the Asha Metallurgical Plant

The modernization of steel production facilities at the Asha Metallurgical Plant is discussed. The modernization was performed in stages during the period 2003–2010 and included the following: construction of a complex for treating steel outside the furnace (2005); introduction of a dual-strand continuous caster (2007) that was designed to cast 170–240 × 900–1550 mm slabs and currently has the best indices in Russia for usable output (0.982); installation of a Consteel DSP-120 furnace with conveyor-charging (2010). In 2011, average heat time was 60 min, electric-power consumption was 416 kWh/ton, and electrode consumption was 1.6 kg/ton.