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An overview of blast furnace A performance atArcelorMittal Monlevade, Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 February 2008

W.-O. Borges ,
R.-J. Santos ,
F.-C. Andrade ,
T.-O. Iglesias ,
A.-E. Almeida ,
H.-L. Brito  and
A.-A. Rodrigues
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Abstract

The first blast furnace at Monlevade Works, based on charcoal,started up in 1937. Since then the route blast furnace-oxygensteelmaking has been used. In the course of the time,Monlevade Works ironmaking area went past some changesuntil reaching the present situation: one sinter plant and oneblast furnace based on coke. This blast furnace started up inDecember 1999 and its nominal capacity is 1,040,000 thm/year. This paper aims at showing the evolution of blast furnaceoperational performance, within a seven year operation whichallowed a production of 1,103,935 thm in 2006.

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Research Article
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Metallurgical Research & Technology , Volume 105 , Issue 1: Blast FurnaceSteelmakingHot RollingSteel Use , January 2008 , pp. 17 - 21
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© La Revue de Métallurgie, 2008

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