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Brazilian Company Orders Submerged-Arc Furnace

Issued at 2014-11-11



SMS Siemag received an order from Brazil’s CBMM (Companhia Brasileira de Metalurgia e Mineracao) for the supply of a submerged-arc furnace (SAF). The scope of supply of SMS Siemag includes the engineering and the supply of the furnace, a 15-MVA transformer, a gas cleaning system, a water-quench facility and a system for the compensation of the reactive power. The new SAF will produce refined niobium concentrate for further processing into ferroniobium (FeNb) and niobium oxides. Commissioning is scheduled for late 2016 to early 2017.


Source: Industrial Heating



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