ArcelorMittal Closes It’s Last Open Hearth Furnace

Open Hearth Krivoy Rog

AM Krivoy Rog, Ukraine announced to close it’s last open hearth furnace as soon as the modernization of BOF vessel No. 5 is finished. This will probably happen in late 2014.
The 700 ton tandem open hearth furnace No. 6 is the last of it’s kind at ArcelorMittal, the worlds’s largest steel producer.
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2 thoughts on “ArcelorMittal Closes It’s Last Open Hearth Furnace

  1. I guess we should hurry with the rest of open-hearths in Ukraine..

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