Danieli completes Lusosider pickling line upgrade
Brazil-based CSN’s Portuguese subsidiary, Lusosider Aços Planos, has issued the final acceptance certificate to Danieli for the successful commissioning of the new entry section at pickling line No.2 in Aldeia de Paio Pires, the technology supplier tells Kallanish.
“The project consisted of replacing the existing mandrel with a new, tailor-made designed equipment, along with on-site advisory services for erection and commissioning,” Danieli explains.
The contract included an external bearing to limit the current deflection of the mandrel under coil loading and strip tension. “Tests conducted during the commissioning phase showed a precise integration with the pickling line and robust behaviour of the supplied equipment,” the supplier adds.
Complete with main gears and bearings, and equipped with three additional sets of adapters to cover all the internal diameters of the coils, the mandrel is capable of a wide expansion range, from 570mm to 660mm.
Todor Kirkov Bulgaria
Swedish SSAB chooses Danieli to build new Lulea mill
Swedish steelmaker SSAB has awarded Italian steel plant maker Danieli to build a new mill in Lulea, northern Sweden, the two companies said July 15.
The plant will have a capacity of 2.5 million mt/year and consist of two electric arc furnaces, a secondary metallurgy facility and a direct strip-rolling mill to produce SSAB’s specialty products, along with a cold rolling complex.
The new mill will be supplied with a mix of fossil-free sponge iron from the Hybrit demonstration plant in Gallivare and recycled scrap.
The overall selected configuration of Danieli technology will allow SSAB to produce a wide range of hot-rolled strip in coil-to-coil and semi-endless modes, resulting in a product portfolio expansion incorporating a fully electric tunnel furnace to ensure a minimum carbon footprint, the press release said.
The startup of the new mill is planned for the end of 2028, with full operating capacity one year later with environmental permits that are expected at the end of 2024.
When completed, SSAB will decommission the existing blast furnace-based production system in Lulea and this will reduce Sweden’s CO2 emissions by 7% in addition to the 3% from the other company’s mill conversion in Oxelosund.
Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, assessed Northwest European hot-rolled carbon-accounted coil stable on the day at Eur750/mt ($818/mt) ex-works Ruhr July 12.
Annalisa Villa
