Concast AG, Zurich, Switzerland, and its subsidiary Concast Metalurgia Ltda., S ão Paulo, Brazil, have been awarded a major contract from Gerdau Açominas to supply a 230 t ladle furnace and its auxiliaries (deslagging stand, material handling system, electrical substation and distribution) in Ouro Branco, Minas Gerais, Brazil. </P>�0a<P>The full supply comprises Concast minimized furnace draft roof, power conductive arms, carbon injection lance, multi function measuring and sampling lance, electrical substation, medium and low voltage distribution as well as full automation via Concast Systems group including Concast electrode regulation, and Level 2 system (Concast CONTROLWARE).