RE: Algoma future electric arc furnace = 8 burners = 24M$As you can see below, electricity being available on site, it's indeed become logic to think that instead of using natural gas burners, that they could use our plasma torches.
Steel industry thrilled with Algoma Steel announcement SUDBURY -- A steel producers’ association is ecstatic that Algoma Steel receiving hundreds of million of dollars from the federal government.
The head of the Canadian Steel Producers Association couldn’t contain her excitement about Algoma Steel in the Sault taking a major step in going green.
“Every individual steel company is looking at what they can do," said Catherine Cobden, president and CEO of the Canadian Steel Producers Association.
“Algoma is taking coal out of the equation and instead is putting in recycled steel as a component of the steelmaking process,” said Cobden.
“It basically uses the electricity system and since Canada has such a green electrical grid, it really helps in the greening up of this opportunity.”