Baku Steel reduces use of scrap in steelmaking

The new unit will provide automatic feeding of ferroalloy products and direct reduction of iron from ore (DRI(direct reduced iron)/HBI (hot briquetted iron)) directly into the melting furnace. This equipment can use up to 80% DRI and HBI during melting. And this, in turn, will lead to a reduction in the use of scrap as the main raw material given that its presence in the country is rather limited.

BSC is also going to buy the Italian company's modern type continuous casting machine (Fastcastcupe), which will make it possible to produce round billets for pipes, currently imported from Russia. This machine pours metal into three streams at a speed of five meters per minute with a radius of nine meters, and it will be possible to pour both round and square billets with it.