In the next issueâ€Ś Ironmaking Steel Authority of India started up Indiaâ€™s largest blast furnace Danieli Corus has commissioned the greenfield blast furnace No. 5 built for SAIL (Steel Authority of India Limited) at their Rourkela (Odisha, India) steel plant. This blast furnace was built by a consortium consisting of Danieli Corus and Tata Projects Limited and is currently Indiaâ€™s largest blast furnace. The first hot metal was tapped after 27 hours. Continuous casting Coating technology to increase life time of slab mould plates Worn mould plates are usually repaired by milling to remove the cracks created during casting. However, the plates become thinner and thinner each time they are refurbished. Recently, an electroplating technology has been developed that compensates the wall thickness decrease of the mould plate usually caused during refurbishing. As a result, life time of the mould plates increases significantly and associated costs are reduced. This newly developed copper-to-copper plating technology solution for slab mould plates has already been successfully used in German and American continuous casting plants. Environmental protection Efforts to reduce cooling water consumption in a steelmaking facility The water treatment plant (typically referred to as an auxiliary plant) is essential to ensure the continuity of production and plant operations in a steelmaking facility. If water resources are limited, a non-conventional approach is needed to design a water treatment plant with low water consumption. For a steel plant in a desert area, auxiliary facilities have been developed that reduce raw water consumption down to approximately only 120 m3/h on a daily average, while respecting the limits imposed by the availability of water on site and maintaining a safety margin for the extension planned for the future. This preview may be subject to change. #=+G52;1.-G+A # " G 8@G G GG E;;.5-8:/ G .:G6*G7A G G G *@G G G . 6*25GG69< ;<*15.2;.7 -. #=+G52;1G.: @.,=<2>.G .6+.:G8/G<1.G *7*0.6.7.:G<2;G270G *7G*0G.: G%20:2-G 5270. G G G *@G G G . 6*25GG;20:2- 45270. ;<*15.2;.7 -. 2;<:2+=<287G .9< G *+:2.5.G)*5 G G G *@G G G . 6*25GG0*+:2.5. ?*5- ;<*15.2;.7 -. #:8G-=,G<287G *7*0.: G =:41*:-G%<*:4=55* . 6*25GG+=:41*:- ;<*:4=55* ;<*15.2;.7 -. #:8G-=,G<287 *A8=< G#.<.:G E,1.5. . 6*25G9.<.: +=.,1.5. ;<*15.2;.7 -. -G>.:G<2;G270G:*<.G,*:-G!8 G G8/G #=+G52G,*G<287 G >.G:AG GG687<1; 7G7=G*5G;=+G;,:29G<287G:*<.G 27,5 G98;.-G+AG<1.G#=+G52;1G.:;G+AG <1G!8>.6 +.: G"<1G.:G?2;. G<1.G;=+G;,:29G<287G2;G*=G<8G6*.G:201<;G<8G9=+52;1G<1.G?8:4 -=:270G<1.G52/.<26.G8/G<1.G,89A:201< G 7G9*:<2,=5*: <1.G9=+52;1.:G?255G1*>.G/=55G*=<18:2AG6.<*5 /:..G9:27<270G274