Tenova Core Consteel Start-up at CMC Mesa

Commercial Metals Co. (CMC) has recently completed the successful start-up of a new Consteel system designed and supplied by Tenova Core. The Consteel is one of several important processing systems at the new CMC micro-mill plant located in Mesa, Arizona. Consteel is the continuous steelmaking process, which preheats and feeds scrap and other raw materials directly into the EAF via a patented conveying system through the EAF sidewall. The successful team effort approach taken to implement the Consteel has already resulted in the CMC melt-shop achieving excellent productivity and conversion cost results. This project represents the seventh Consteel system in the United States. There are 36 Consteel installations worldwide which are responsible for producing over 30 million t of steel per year on a worldwide basis. The CMC facility is producing reinforcing bar, additional Consteel applications include flat, long and specialty steel products.

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