Jindal Steel Sohar has set a new monthly production record, tapping 235,112 tons of liquid steel.
The record comes after Danieli upgraded the plant's EAF with Q-Melt adaptive process control, which the company said enabled stable and optimised furnace operation and resulted in 96.5% equipment availability.
The EAF achieved a productivity of 324 t/h, with an energy consumption of 493 kWh/t.
The furnace, supplied and commissioned by Danieli in 2014, operates with an optimised charge mix of 61% hot DRI, 37% cold DRI and 2% hot briquetted iron.
Danieli added that the achievement further demonstrates the effectiveness of the company’s EAF technology combined with advanced digital process control and confirms the growing relevance of the DRI-EAF route as a competitive solution for modern steelmaking.
