RHI supplies refractory systems for Siemens VAI projects

RHI AG will supply a wide range of refractory products and system solutions for two major Siemens VAI projects to India and Russia. The contract value totals € 4.5 million. Steel Authority of India Limited has awarded Siemens VAI Metals Technologies with the construction of a new LD converter steel mill in Bhilai, India. The project includes the engineering and supply of three LD converters and will start operations in the second quarter of 2011 with an annual capacity of 4 million t of crude steel. In the course of this project, RHI will supply the entire refractory linings for the steel mill: a total of roughly 3000 t of refractory bricks and mixes for 8 hot metal ladles, 4 converters and 29 steel ladles.

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