NZ Steel to 'cold commission’ $300m arc furnace by December
Country’s largest steel maker has also doubled up on its electricity supply agreement with Contact Energy, adding 50MW per year across an 11-year contract cycle.
An electric arc furnace in operation at BlueScope’s North Star plant in Ohio.
New Zealand Steel says its $300 million electric arc furnace is on track for "cold commissioning" in December and will fire into steel making mode by March next year.
The country's biggest steel maker said the furnace – which will replace Glenbrook's oxygen steelmaking furnace and two of its four
