| • | Production capacity increases by 150,000 metric tons per year |
| • | Dust emissions drop to a maximum of 10 milligrams per standard cubic meter |
Azerbaijani steel producer Baku Steel has put into operation an electric arc furnace supplied by Siemens Metals Technologies. The new furnace is part of an expansion project with which Baku Steel wishes to boost its annual production capacity to around 1.1 million metric tons of steel. The electric steel plant was equipped with an off-gas cleaning system as part of the project, so its dust emissions can be reduced to a maximum of 10 milligrams per standard cubic meter. Recently, Siemens also modernized the electric steel plant’s ladle furnace and installed a dynamic compensation system.