Steelmaking: The Process

Follow the integrated steelmaking process from raw materials through finished product.

Coke Oven

Coke

Blast Furnace

Molten Iron

Slag

Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF)

Transport Ladle

Continuous Casting Machine

Lime & Flux

Scrap

Vacuum Degassing and Ladle Refining

Hot Strip MillReheat Furnace

Descale Sprays

Roughing Stands

Crop Shear

Water Sprays

Finishing Stands Coiler

Descale Sprays

Scale Breaker

Cold Reducing Tandem Mill

Batch Anneal Temper Mill

Shipped Hot Dipped Galvanized Coil

Coal

Sintering

Sinter

Galvanize Line

Pickle Line

Plate Mill

Heat Treatment

Plates

Plates

Shipped Hot Band

Coils

Shipped Hot Rolled Pickled & Oiled Coils

Shipped Full Hard Cold Rolled Coils

Continuous Heat Treat Line Shipped Cold

Rolled Coils

Shipped Cold Rolled Coils

Pickling & Oiling

Iron Ore

Oxygen