SSAB’s modernized blast furnaces reduce annual costs by SEK 200 million
SSAB’s blast furnace in Luleå, Sweden is now turning out premium quality steel crude iron after undergoing full modernization lasting more than three months. The blast furnaces in Raahe, Finland were modernized as recently as 2011 and an investment in a pulverized coal injection system has now been completed there. This investment will reduce annual costs by around SEK 200 million from 2016 onwards. SSAB’s blast furnaces are now world class, which in turn enables world-leading steel products.“It makes me very proud to say that we now have world-class crude iron production facilities, says