PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES CHOSEN AS SUPPLIER OF ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE BASED STEELMAKING PLANT IN AUSTRIA

voestalpine has placed an order with Primetals Technologies for a 180-ton EAF Ultimate to be implemented at the Austrian steel producer’s site in Linz, Austria. Startup is scheduled for 2027. The EAF Ultimate will be playing a key role in voestalpine’s green transition program “greentec steel.” As a first step in this ambitious decarbonization program, one electric arc furnace will be built at each of voestalpine’s sites, in Linz and Donawitz.