Danieli Centro Met will supply a 130-t ladle furnace to Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) for the Steel Meltshop II in the State of Madhyapradesh, in which Danieli Wean United will supply a new slab caster and where the revamping of a plate mill is also being carried out.

The new ladle furnace, supplied on a complete turnkey basis, will process a wide range of steel grades, from low to high carbon, including high tensile, boiler grades, line pipe steel (API grades), EDD, and rail steels.

The project will be executed by a consortium led by Danieli and made up of Danieli Engineering India and the Indian company Beekey.

The scope of supply extends from the technological equipment to the installation and commissioning, including the LF electrode regulation system and Level 2 automation by Danieli Automation, the fume treatment plant, the ferroalloy feeding and additive system, the water treatment plant, the civil works and structures.

Plant commissioning is expected to take place in March 2007.