Tata Steel plans to reline the Queen Anne blast furnace at its Scunthorpe, UK, plant at a cost of $77 million, or over Rs 400 crore. The project may be completed before the plantÂ’s 60th anniversary in April 2014. Relining will raise efficiency and capacity of the furnace as it involves replacement of the brick and refractory lining, replacement of copper mantle plates and copper stack cooling plates
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Raw material security a challenge
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SAIL posts 5.1% growth in sales
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IISCO Steel to commission five packages
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ArcelorMittal to resume operation at blast furnace
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Contracting opportunites in blast furnace
A blast furnace is a type of metallurgical furnace used for smelting to produce industrial metals, generally iron. In a blast furnace, fuel, ore, and flux (limestone) are continuously supplied through the top of the furnace, while air (sometimes with oxygen enrichment) is blown into the lower section of the furnace, so that the chemical reactions take place throughout the furnace as the material moves downward.
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Contracting opportunites in blast furnace
A blast furnace is a type of metallurgical furnace used for smelting to produce industrial metals, generally iron. In a blast furnace, fuel, ore, and flux (limestone) are continuously supplied through the top of the furnace, while air (sometimes with oxygen enrichment) is blown into the lower section of the furnace, so that the chemical reactions take place throughout the furnace as the material moves downward.