A shortage of graphite electrodes for usage in electric arc and ladle furnaces will continue to affect steel mills, sources told S&P Global Platts. In recent years electrode makers have reduced capacity, with some shuttered for good as their mill customers bought competitively priced semi-finished products and re-rolled rather than melting scrap. One supplier, who …
Entradas de diciembre de 2017
Dic 18
Rio’s revised iron ore guidance pushes price to three-month high
Prices for iron ore skyrocketed Tuesday as Rio Tinto (ASX,LON:RIO), the world’s second largest exporter, warned Tuesday that shipments from Australia were expected at about 330 million tonnes in 2017. That’s down from its April forecast of 330 million-to-340 million tonnes. Ore with 62% content in Qingdao added $2.03 a tonne overnight, to close at …
Dic 11
Thermomechanical Modelling of a Steel Ladle Using Periodical Homogenisation for the Refractory Masonries
In the steelmaking industry and in many others that involve the processing of molten metal, the metallurgical vessels can be lined with refractory bricks, with or without mortar…
Dic 05
Curso Ingeniería de Refractarios Anfre
Del 20 al 24 de noviembre tuvo lugar en Bilbao la primera edición del Curso de Ingeniería de Refractarios Anfre, es el primer curso impartido íntegramente por asociados de ANFRE. Esta primera edición del curso ha contado con alumnos pertenecientes a empresas asociadas a Anfre, ya que desde Anfre queríamos que fueran ellos los primeros …
