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16:06
Graphite electrodes fail to worry German strip mills
The rise of graphite electrodes to become one of the hottest topics in the steelmaking world this autumn has caused some insecurity among the users of blast furnace-route steel.
“So, are they used in BOF mills too, and will they affect pricing at some point?” a concerned Swiss coil stockholder recently asked Kallanish.
According to German steel federation WV Stahl, graphite electrodes are used in the secondary ladle metallurgy process, in oxygen a…
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